Comments on: Does it pay to be clever as a host? http://blogcarnivaltips.com/2007/03/26/does-it-pay-to-be-clever-as-a-host/ Help with starting, managing, hosting, and reading blog carnivals Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:27:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mbhunter http://blogcarnivaltips.com/2007/03/26/does-it-pay-to-be-clever-as-a-host/comment-page-1/#comment-30 mbhunter Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:05:40 +0000 http://blogcarnivaltips.com/2007/03/26/does-it-pay-to-be-clever-as-a-host/#comment-30 Hey Ben, no it wasn't your carnival in particular. I agree that InstaCarnivals are decent starting points and serve their purpose, especially if "life gets in the way" as you've put it. Not everyone has time, every time, to post a masterpiece of a carnival. Hey Ben, no it wasn’t your carnival in particular. I agree that InstaCarnivals are decent starting points and serve their purpose, especially if “life gets in the way” as you’ve put it. Not everyone has time, every time, to post a masterpiece of a carnival.

]]> By: Ben http://blogcarnivaltips.com/2007/03/26/does-it-pay-to-be-clever-as-a-host/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Ben Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:46:57 +0000 http://blogcarnivaltips.com/2007/03/26/does-it-pay-to-be-clever-as-a-host/#comment-29 Hmmm, let me guess. I bet my hosting of the carnival of money stories inspired this post. Whenever I host, I prefer to make it interesting and creative but sometimes life just gets in the way. In these cases InstaCarnival comes in quite handy! Hmmm, let me guess. I bet my hosting of the carnival of money stories inspired this post. Whenever I host, I prefer to make it interesting and creative but sometimes life just gets in the way. In these cases InstaCarnival comes in quite handy!

]]> By: mbhunter http://blogcarnivaltips.com/2007/03/26/does-it-pay-to-be-clever-as-a-host/comment-page-1/#comment-20 mbhunter Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:04:23 +0000 http://blogcarnivaltips.com/2007/03/26/does-it-pay-to-be-clever-as-a-host/#comment-20 Man, Nick, that's a high bar! I have no clue how long you spent on your carnival (linked above) but I imagine it was even longer than what I put into the Dr. Zeuss one, and that was probably at least six to eight hours. I don't think the InstaCarnivals are going to stop. There are alternatives, certainly. It is also certainly a tip of the hat to the host if s/he spends a lot of extra time putting together a really good carnival. Occasionally other folks will link back to a really good one long after it's been posted. Besides, if everyone had carnivals as good as yours, for example, what next? Your carnival is just average at that point. The bar will just go higher because folks will come to expect them to be that good, and they'll get bored again. The readers' refrain: "What have you done for me lately?" Man, Nick, that’s a high bar! I have no clue how long you spent on your carnival (linked above) but I imagine it was even longer than what I put into the Dr. Zeuss one, and that was probably at least six to eight hours.

I don’t think the InstaCarnivals are going to stop. There are alternatives, certainly. It is also certainly a tip of the hat to the host if s/he spends a lot of extra time putting together a really good carnival. Occasionally other folks will link back to a really good one long after it’s been posted.

Besides, if everyone had carnivals as good as yours, for example, what next? Your carnival is just average at that point. The bar will just go higher because folks will come to expect them to be that good, and they’ll get bored again. The readers’ refrain: “What have you done for me lately?”

]]> By: Nick http://blogcarnivaltips.com/2007/03/26/does-it-pay-to-be-clever-as-a-host/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Nick Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:00:58 +0000 http://blogcarnivaltips.com/2007/03/26/does-it-pay-to-be-clever-as-a-host/#comment-12 The surge of hosts preferring to do InstaCarnivals is the reason I no longer submit to or host carnivals. Folks, if you're not going to spend a good amount of time putting together a carnival at least as good as those linked to in this article, don't even bother signing up to host. Let someone else who will do a <i>good</i> job of it host instead. The surge of hosts preferring to do InstaCarnivals is the reason I no longer submit to or host carnivals.

Folks, if you’re not going to spend a good amount of time putting together a carnival at least as good as those linked to in this article, don’t even bother signing up to host. Let someone else who will do a good job of it host instead.

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