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A Blog Carnival is a type of
blog
event. It is similar to a magazine, in that it is dedicated to a
particular topic, and is published on a regular schedule, often
weekly or monthly. Each edition of a blog carnival is in the
form of a blog article that contains
permalinks links to other blog articles on the particular
topic.
There are many variations, but typically, someone who wants
to organize a carnival posts details of the theme or topic to
their blog, and asks readers to submit relevant articles for
inclusion in an upcoming edition. The host then collects links
to these submissions, edits and annotates them (often in very
creative ways), and publishes the resulting round-up to his or
her blog.
Many carnivals have a home page or principal organizer, who
lines up guest bloggers to host each edition. This means that
the carnival travels, appearing on a different blog each time.
Communities of blog readers, writers, and edition hosts form
around specific carnivals. The carnivals provide a nice
aggregation of recent posts by the community on a given topic,
and the host provides a level of editing and annotation that
helps readers find posts they are interested in. Writers who
submit their articles to blog carnivals are rewarded with
traffic (if the host decides to give them a link and, perhaps, a
positive review).
The earliest blog carnival, so named, was the Carnival of the
Vanities, announced at the Silflay Hraka blog in September,
2002.[1]
More about Blog Carnivals can be found on A Blog Around The
Clock:
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[3]
[4]
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References
- ^
"Carnival of the Vanities,"
[1] Last accessed 18 December 2006
- ^ "Blog
Carnivals"[2]
- ^ "Blog
Carnivals And The Future Of Journalism"[3]
- ^ "Blogs
and the Future of Science"[4]
- ^ "On
Hosting Blog Carnivals"[5]
- ^
"Meta-Carnival #6"[6]
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