A touch over a month ago, we were the first site to give you an inside look at Miio. At launch, Miio used quite a few features that would become less useful over time for a social content site. RSS imports, namely, were there to provide initial content but quickly got tossed to the wayside.
So now, a month later, Miio has undergone its first major update. According to Richard Lusk, the main brain behind Miio, the idea was simple: Listen to your users.
Taking a look at the newly-updated site, the entire thing seems to be a lot more cohesive than it was previously. While it’s sometimes fun to go digging through a site for new content, it could have been a downfall for Miio as people were sometimes having difficulty finding where to get started.
The newly-formatted tabs across the top of the page look to eliminate that confusion by breaking down Miio into 4 main sections:
Overall, the new interface is really clean and the features that the site had a difficult time with at launch (Twitter integration, embedding links) seem to have been cleared up. Though it’s worth mentioning that even with the new changes, Miio is well aware that any growth is a work in progress. In fact, the update that was sent to me even encouraged suggestions to help make the site better.
If you haven’t dropped by to give Miio a look, it’s well worth your time. There’s a strong, quickly-growing community on the site and it’s just different enough to keep you engaged as a social portal.
Well done, Miio team.
Excellent article Brad. You definitely captured the spirit of Miio. It is SOCIAL and it is evolving. That evolution has been driven by the users (miips = miio peeps) and it is continuing at a fantastic pace.
Site admin are always online and happy to have a chat about Miio, the weather, Lame Jokes and a million other things.
I’m loving the new updates, which were put there at OUR request, and help to make the site even more conversational.
This is a really friendly place and I urge everyone to take a look. Give Twechy a shout and I’ll even show you round.
good article Brad. I have been using Miio since the launch and while there is still room for improvement Miio had made the other social networking sites take notice, as evidenced by the recent upgrades to those sites.
Hi Brad. Great rundown of Miio. I can’t wait to see what’s next for the Miio team. Some of the other networks are beginning to fall to the wayside because I honestly feel there’s more of a community feeling. I happened upon the the site a day or two after the launch and it was great to be welcomed by everyone. To echo Monica’s comment, there is always room for improvement, but I’m really enjoying my stay. Miio is worth checking out. Stop on over and say hi.
Thanks Brad and everyone else for the nice post and comments.
We really appreciate it.
We are listening and always trying to make Miio “awesomer”. So thank you all once again
I wanted to give a shout out to my cofounder, coding ninja and good guy- Tony Garcia. He’s the guy that should get all the credit for this. Not me.