Carnival Buzz

We ran across a blog carnival related post on the SNOG! bulletin board. A bulletin board member is discussing the idea of starting a SNOG! carnival (which, of course, we think it a terrific idea).

I don't think it'd really take a lot of effort. I'm not counting on a huge mass of people contributing, this is sort of a test run, if you will. And I'm not asking for a 5000-word post; just a post on your blog about the topic o' the week, with something hopefully related to this message board tossed in for good measure.

If this takes off this could be really cool since it'd not only generate more publicity for SNOG! but it'd also give us to chance to get to know one another through our blogs.

Two things struck us. One is that even a community bulletin board can benefit from the community building that happens with blog carnivals. The other is that blog carnivals need to be easy for contributors and hosts.

Speaking of easy, we're alpha testing some new tools to make carnivals really easy to write. One of the tedious things about writing carnival editions is simply cutting and pasting all the submissions information into the edition text.

The Blog Carnival engineering staff is hunkering down, and we're excited by the first glimpses of the new InstaCarnival demos we've seen. Carnival hosts still will have to do a little writing, of course, but we've been able to generate a new carnival edition with the push of a button! With another 15-30 minutes or so additional effort in Blog Carnival's lab testing facilities, we've generated really well edited carnival editions.

So, now you have two things to look forward to. The new SNOG! carnival and the new InstaCarnival feature here at Blog Carnival. Stay tuned!

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