I feel like the "gossip" mechanic should be open to more players. There's been a lack of interesting bartender chatter lately and I wonder if it's because not enough PCs have the stats/skills to get the bartender to accept their juicy piece of gossip. Bartenders in the Mix should accept chatter as long as you're not ugly as sin. If I'm not mistaken, the GMs already go through and choose the player-submitted gossip they want to add to the system, so there will still be some quality control.
