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MixxBook.com new social networking website
innocent
#1 Posted : Monday, June 08, 2009 6:17:00 AM
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Hi Guys

Finally I can reveal that my partners and I - all Kenyan,all the time - have come up with a new social networking website,MixxBook.com,which we hope will give facebook a run for its money. We believe ours address a lot of niches and seeks to be a much more serious forum of communication. I will appreciate your thoughts and suggestions on the best way to improve it. While at it,join as a member (it's free anyway) and help me test run it and flush out any possible bugs and or glitches.

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adept
#2 Posted : Monday, June 08, 2009 8:11:00 AM
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@Innocent

You asked for it so here goes.

Bottom line - You have a 'piracy' problem.

You cannot be serious that you want to compete with Facebook.

Number 1 - The name you have chosen lacks originality. Typical Kenyan thinking...slightly modify the name of someone else' business that seems to be doing well so you can gain significant mileage on their reputation.

Do you think Twitter would be doing as well as it is now if they adopted the name say 'Twitbook'? I do not hink so. Why?

Remember the Internet is global. What will make me move from FB to MixxBook? There are thousands of sites similar to FaceBook on the web. Ask yourself why you do not know them. Think my friend!

Number 2 - Your site is a clumsy imitation of the facebook login page. Did not even login so I cannot begin to speak on the profile pages and the value-add services (if any) that you provide.

I am not being a wet blanket...just giving you a reality check now that you intend to compete with FaceBook. Hope that is what you wanted...candid feedback.

Wish you the very best.
redice
#3 Posted : Monday, June 08, 2009 8:22:00 AM
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give facebook a run for their money? are you serious?
danny6
#4 Posted : Monday, June 08, 2009 8:33:00 AM
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@innocent
Originality is the language we should be talking about it here,i mean there is absolutely no reason for me to enjoy this site given that it is a complete duplication of fb's ideas,i mean why couldnt you come up with a totally different concept,if you thought that by 'pirating' you would be riding on fb then you were damn wrong in the sense that your main goal and target is to oust fb if not equal it period! forgetting that some better social sites may be in the offing,i give you one local example.NMG launched the Daily Metro with the sole intention of countering the Nairobi Star and what happened...In short it was an idea in the first place but you failed to deliver try to expand your thoughts and think outside the box,otherwise good luck

'Don't question GOD,as he may say,if you are so eager for answers,then please come up'.
innocent
#5 Posted : Monday, June 08, 2009 8:52:00 AM
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Thanks all for your candidness. But before you condemn the site in it's totality,kindly become a member,log on and evaluate all the main links. You can then unsubscribe once you have evaluated the site.

Learn all about the financial marts
http://www.financialmarket.info
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Looking to buy or sell a property? A plot or a house? Check out http://www.kenyareal.com - Kenya home of real estate.
adept
#6 Posted : Monday, June 08, 2009 9:09:00 AM
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@innocent - First impressions man,first impressions...they can make or break your business. Had you done a business plan before you embarked on this? That is,assuming you are doing this for profit.
innocent
#7 Posted : Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:42:00 AM
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Alexa ranking for www.mixxbook.com is now 216,365,only about two weeks after launch. For those of you who are doubting this concept,watch this space. I have enough visitors now to start accepting ads.

Learn all about the financial marts
http://www.financialmarket.info
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Looking to buy or sell a property? A plot or a house? Check out http://www.kenyareal.com - Kenya home of real estate.
McReggae
#8 Posted : Thursday, June 18, 2009 8:05:00 AM
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Location: Nairobi
Man you don't have to force down people's throat,all the best though!!!

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
mchuuzi
#9 Posted : Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:26:00 AM
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Innocent i like your persistance and enduarance i really hope this works.I joined u in the affiliates,then to forever living .All the best in your venture.

jnn
skjay
#10 Posted : Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:55:00 AM
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Joined: 4/28/2008
Posts: 36
adept has a valid point.

You may be getting a good ranking on alexa right now,but it's coz you are riding on the success of two social websites: mixx.com and facebook.com



Most people don't have patience with unoriginality. If you are going to start a new soda company,you risk being shunned if you called it something like coca-roche.



However,you have every right to hope that yours is the exception,so hang in there...
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