Battle for Bronze: Propeller and Mixx Fight for 3rd »
Posted By DiffeeOnline 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & TechnologyThere is Propeller, formerly Netscape, the once proud pioneer in the web browser world that transformed itself into the ultimate Digg-killer and fell short. In the other corner is Mixx, the spunky startup that grew as the Digg alternative with innovative features and speedy adjustments to its identity. As of today, they are neck and neck on Alexa.
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socialexpert1 year, 3 months ago
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DiffeeOnline, I am very happy to see this amazing post. Really it great news.
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Battle For Bronze.... after reading this full story I shocked that these are sites which is related to Social Networking when I work in these sites I only think that I make lots of friend and I lost in these website. But, today I am feeling that these websites are only for business. -
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hyperbola1 year, 3 months ago
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Well, prompted by your story, I went and had a look at Mixx. The stories were often dumber and the discussion less informative than on propeller.
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If propeller would restore the more efficient mechanisms for finding interesting stories that we used to have, it would lose fewer people. -
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Bkumm1 year, 3 months ago
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I'm convinced that there is no better site for informative and intelligent debate on the Web than Propeller.
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In general, Propeller did not live up to many of the expectations that came from the redesign, however, after using the site, I now feel that it has more of the features that we need, if we can just learn to use them.
Part of the problem is that Propeller is not getting its name out there as much as it could. Another problem is that people are not using the "Reflect on XXX" as much as they could.
Propeller rocks, but more people need to know about it.
PROPELLER FOREVER!!!-
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Candida1 year, 3 months ago
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Actually, I've been wondering how others find Propeller at all. Is it being advertised anywhere? I found it by stumbling upon Netscape blog as I was looking for the browser, but I doubt that I would ever stumble upon Propeller.
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I do agree that I've seen more intelligent debate and fewer insults here than on other sites.
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ind061 year, 3 months ago
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James, I still don't really understand what our community is getting out of groups. Do people have conversations on them. I mean, do we, as a community, REALLY use the groups for conversation? Do we use them at all? Seems like a lot of wasted bandwith to me.
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And if I could have one thing back it would be PAGES, not a single enormous blob of never ending comment that, for some reason, vanishes completely on me every time a comment string gets around 300 comments. PLEASE bring pages back for comments. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!
On the plus side, the article used the old logo and not professor spinhead-
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Candida1 year, 3 months ago
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ind06: "not a single enormous blob of never ending comment that, for some reason, vanishes completely on me every time a comment string gets around 300 comments."
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Thanks indy, I thought it was just me, that somehow I hadn't set up my browser properly.
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willottica1 year, 3 months ago
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I agree with ind06 about paging, the 2 most important features we're still missing are comment related:
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1. We lose the conversation at 300 comments... it just disappears. Pages are probably needed to solve that problem (and they also make following the comments easier
2. The ability to jump directly to a comment is something we all want. How can you have a conversation/discussion when you can't easily "hear" if your statement has been replied to?
3. Bring back the categories. This should be a trivial fix that makes a lot of people happy.
4. Show categories AND sources in the front-page view. This is vital information for determining what stories are trusted and of interest. -
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Aidenag1 year, 3 months ago
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This article needs one MAJOR correction. Propeller.com and mix are not fighting for #3... Propeller was ranked #2 in the social news world for close to 2 years..... Mixx has moved up quickly to take #3, and is now giving us a run for our money..
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Meanwhile Reddit has been #4 for over a year now...... Check the graph here for proof:
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/...
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