Here’s my mini review after having created and moderated a Mixcloud group
+ ease of use
+ ability to add as administrator any member of the group
+ posting in group supports rich content (media players, etc) from other websites
+ only members can post to a group (if the option is enabled – see first of “minuses”)
– cannot control who cannot post in the group – its either no members OR ALL members
– cannot control who joins the group (no approval system of members wanting to join)
– cannot moderate posts in group (no approval system of posts) – you can however delete a post
– cannot block/remove unwanted members from group
– no “group media player” where all the shared mixes of a group are gathered as a playlist
– no “embed” code for groups
Of course the guys at Mixcloud JUST implemented the feature so Im pretty sure we are going to see changes on the “minuses” front. Sooner or later “group” owners are bound to request some features in order to avoid spammers/unwanted members
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