[display_podcast] Happy New Year to you all!  2009 has hit us like a ton of bricks, and Social Blend is getting bigger and better! Following our BEST OF 2008 Compilation, we jump into the new year announcing that 2009 will be a "Digg-free zone" for Social Blend.  That’s right, after this episode, we will not be giving Kevin Rose and Digg any more attention. I say, "After this episode", because in the 51st edition of Social Blend, we take a look back at the events of 2008 – both within Mixx and around the world. For this special episode we’re joined by Number 1 SuperMixxer, KatharineC; and we also have the outstanding RobDiana with us, as well as the GHOST RIDER himself: Brian Hill aka Bdog2g2. Our next episode, SB52, will have us back on track and kicking forward with our usual segments. Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com) and Jay Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.com) the Social Blend is a fun, and hard-hitting, podcast, with no respect for rules.  We try to make the main focus of the show to be Mixx.com, and other social media sites; but we usually just end up talking about whatever comes to mind!  Show Links – Looking Back at ...

[display_podcast] Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Reem Abeidoh (Nomadelle from ReemAbeidoh.com), the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media.  The main focus of the show is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field.  The twentieth Social Blend features special guest Kori Hill from Mixx, and we talk about the new alliance between CNN.com and Mixx.  We also take a look at Mixx Pics, and discuss a somewhat controversial review article by Gulf News.  Kori also answers a couple of Mixx questions for us, and discusses how damn cool it is to be working for Mixx! For our Stories of the Week, Reem discusses Twitter taking a stand against spammers, while Greg brings up two topics from the Pictures section of Mixx, one about Cricket and the other about Nudist Beaches.  Jay highlights the awesome firepower of a rubber bullet for us, and Kori brings us into the weird and wonderful world of ManBabies.  Later, Reem and Greg go at it about the news story of a 13 year old girl who hung herself after she ...