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I'm not one to really post political stuff on my blog, but I really feel as if I have to mention something about this. Earlier today I read this article about a billboard in Missouri portraying Obama in what I would call a racist stereotype. To me this is 100% WRONG. Instead of attacking Obama's policies, they are attacking him as a person based primarily on his race. And deeper down, they're attacking all Blacks, those of Middle Eastern descent, and Muslims in general. Racism is wrong. Period. There is no middle ground, it is wrong. I'm all for freedom of speech, it is one of the staples of America, but at some points, people take it too far.

It is beyond a standard smear tactic, it is something that just hits me hard. I was raised to be tolerant and accepting of people no matter what race or religion they happen to be and to see this just makes me see how ignorant people can be and makes me second guess how far we as a country have progressed.

Tags: election, politics, obama

I Want...that is all

Tags: halo-3-recon, halo, gaming

Is Mixx out of Beta? Look at their logo today. Not only are they celebrating 1 year...but the beta text is removed from the logo.

Tags: mixx, socialmedia

A lot has been going on in the social media world recently. Digg has unleashed its banhammer again banning over 50 accounts, many of them in some of the top user spots. A good many of them have come over to Mixx and are enjoying their time there as they very well should be, Mixx is a great site with a great community and employees who legitimately care about the users and their experience.

But one of the complaints I've heard is that Mixx doesn't drive nearly as much traffic to sites as Digg does, and this by all means is true. Digg has been around for several years now, Mixx is barely a year old, an infant when compared to Digg. So it is only natural that it won't drive as much traffic to sites. This will grow in time though as the community grows and continues to share and submit great content, so continue getting involved and you'll see that change in the future.

But consider this: What matters more, traffic? or community and conversation?

Everyone wants to promote their own sites & blogs and generate traffic. I'm no exception, but at the same time, its not the primary reason I blog and interact on social media sites like Mixx. I interact with Mixx and I blog for the conversation and the community. I want to hear people's views on whatever may be the topic of conversation, be it a blog post of mine, one of someone else's, or just a recent news story. I want to discuss opinions and thoughts, and if traffic comes from that, its just an added bonus. Personally, I'd rather have 25 people view it and comment and give me their thoughts, than to have 1,000 people view it and not hear so much as a whisper.

And I think it is this that makes Mixx, and social media in general grow. The sharing of thoughts, views, and opinions. 

Mixx has a very welcoming community with great people both behind the scenes and on the front lines. Continue submitting content and discussions and the traffic will come, but don't forget, traffic isn't everything, I as well as many others I'm sure agree that the community aspect is more important.

Tags: mixx, socialmedia, conversation

I've said it before, I'm not quite sure how I feel about a real time strategy game being played on a console with a controller. I always feel RTS games require a mouse and keyboard. Halo Wars is doing just this. I'm hoping they might find some way to pull it off. Definitely worth a rental to try it out, but I don't know if I'll even buy it. It may be Halo, but its the wrong platform in my opinion since there's no PC version of it. Either way, this trailer was released. Enjoy!

Tags: halo, halowars, trailer, videogames