Social Mediacrity by Honest_Ape Updates every Tuesday and Thursday         Permanent link to this comic strip: http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/02/21/social-mediacrity-stickism Image URL: http://www.the-trukstop.com/miscellaneous/socialmediacrity/stick-racism.jpg   Social Mediacrity - developed and designed by Honest_Ape Check out his site at http://honestape.net/

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Tamar Weinberg (Tamar from Techipedia.com), the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media. The show’s main focus is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field. This week’s episode is a special one, with our special guest Paul Sanchez aka Solo ride. Paul rode around the United States on a campaign to raise funds for children journeying with dyslexia and learning difficulties. We talk with Paul about his amazing journey, the highs and the lows, and what he’s got planned for the future. Paul, also a social media addict like the rest of us, also joins in with talking about stories from Mixx. We cover the big news at Mixx with the rollout of the new Related Stories feature, as well as the news of Mixx finally hitting PopURLS.com (Thanks, Thomas!). Joe brings our attention to G4TV’s Achievement Whores, while Brian gets excited about drinking beers after working out. Greg has a look at the armadillo lizard, and is somewhat confused as to why iTunes ...

Social Mediacrity by Honest_Ape Updates every Tuesday and Thursday         Permanent link to this comic strip: http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/02/21/social-mediacrity-the-definition-of-marriage Image URL: http://www.the-trukstop.com/miscellaneous/socialmediacrity/frog.jpg   Social Mediacrity - developed and designed by Honest_Ape Check out his site at http://honestape.net/

[display_podcast] Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up - a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what's coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down. For our first episode, Andy gives everyone a sample of the music of Greg Weeks, with his song, Made. Greg takes a look at the geek fest news from WonderCon in San Francisco - with details of the upcoming movies Iron Man and The X-Files 2. Be sure to check out The Drill Down at http://www.thedrilldown.com/ - and you can listen to Social Blend right here each week at The Mixxing Bowl. Show Links: Greg Weeks - Official MySpace Page http://www.myspace.com/gregweeks Ain't It Cool News - WonderCon reports on Iron Man and The X-Files 2 http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35727 http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35726 http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35725

Social Mediacrity by Honest_Ape Updates every Tuesday and Thursday         Permanent link to this comic strip: http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/02/21/social-mediacrity-sabbath-bloody-sabbath/ Image URL: http://www.the-trukstop.com/miscellaneous/socialmediacrity/jesus3.jpg Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgt2099/2276805832/   Social Mediacrity - developed and designed by Honest_Ape Check out his site at http://honestape.net/

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Tamar Weinberg (Tamar from Techipedia.com), the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media. The show’s main focus is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field. This week’s episode is co-hosted by special guest Reem Abeidoh (r_abeidoh from ReemAbeidoh.com). We take a look at the recent risings of Rick Rolls and McRolls on Mixx.com; and the unforeseen outcome of Imposter Jay… We find out what Steven Hawking has to do with Lego, and we also take a look at KrazyKorean’s top 10 geek gifts for Valentine’s Day. Joe enlightens us about the joy of watching Asian Girls beating the hell out of a Yuppie, and then he and Greg totally geek out over the Indiana Jones trailer, and the recent Star Wars movie news. Reem brings up the recent news of Yahoo Buzz, and the reactions from people into social media. Brian’s story of the week is the launch of HeyMonkeyBrain.com. The user focus this week is on Syxle, who recently hit the 10,000 Karma mark – ...

  The previous submission is like a month old. Fair game, I'll submit mine since the original died then. Anyone guilty of saying this? Go ahead. Raise your hands because we've all "thunk" from time to time when we find an awesome submission and after a brief search we find that its way older than a week. We've been trained by other sites that if its more than 24-48 hours, that the submission is DOA (Dead on Arrival) and its okay to submit your story to see if it stands up to the test of time. Well not so at Mixx. From a personal experience as well as one from a Mixx friend, I've found that no time limit exists for Mixx submissions. In one case the story was 8 days old and I shared it with all my friends. I was sharing it only because I thought it was a great story, not to make it popular. In addition, I didn't think it would become popular because it was more than a week old. You can imagine my surprise when the next day I found that submission on the Popular Page. ...

Social Mediacrity by Honest_Ape Updates every Tuesday and Thursday         Permanent link to this comic strip: http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/02/12/social-mediacrity-another-hole-in-one/ Image URL: http://www.the-trukstop.com/miscellaneous/socialmediacrity/jesus.jpg Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgt2099/2276805832/   Social Mediacrity - developed and designed by Honest_Ape Check out his site at http://honestape.net/

Ever have one of those mornings where you wake up, watch a show or two on the DVR, sip some coffee and an epiphany drops in your lap? I did. Well it wasn't so much of an epiphany as it was the glimmer of an idea I had this morning after seeing some comments posted on Digg, Mixx, and Newsvine while performing my customary morning slacking. These were your typical asshat, dumb, troll comments you see on a daily basis. The idea that popped in my head was in addition to a report this button for comments and users add a "troll alert" button as well. Not every trollish comment comes from a troll. Sometimes a particular topic strikes a nerve and a person decides to add, well not so much, to the conversation by dropping a troll bomb. If the comment wasn't very offensive or against the TOS, then it will probably remain. Click the "troll comment" next to the comment and move along. Once the comment passes a certain threshold in a given amount of time an icon appears (I'm thinking dunce hat with a troll) and people will know ...

Social Mediacrity by Honest_Ape Updates every Tuesday and Thursday         What is a Drop Bear? Permanent link to this comic strip: http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/02/12/social-mediacrity-cgt2099/ Image URL: http://www.the-trukstop.com/miscellaneous/socialmediacrity/dropbear.jpg Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgt2099/2265390008/   Social Mediacrity - developed and designed by Honest_Ape Check out his site at http://honestape.net/