We've posted a draft of the BN Conduct Policy based on member requests to better illustrate and clarify the BN Terms and Conditions of Use. We've also drafted what we believe to be very important BN Community Values. As always, BN member feedback is welcomed.
Please note that we'll be issuing the final Conduct Policy a week from today.
Thank you.
Brian
Blogging Network Team
"Pay-to-read journalism...offers an increasingly powerful megaphone for the little guy. [Blogging Network sees] a future in pooling the work of bloggers and charging for it." --BusinessWeek, 7/28/03
As planned, the revised home page is now live.
We would like to thank everyone who commented on the preview. We have incorporated as many suggestions as possible, such as showing many more blogs with new posts, featuring blogs from the Top 100, and expanding the space used by the category list.
We have received many suggestions regarding the home page, and would like to thank everyone who submitted feedback.
After taking all of the input into consideration, we have created a preview of a revised home page. Since it is impossible to communicate all of BN through one page, the goal is to balance rankings with diversity, while encouraging readers to explore many different blogs.
As you will see, the preview features a random selection of popular blogs from different categories, and still makes it easy to see the most popular blogs.
To see the preview, please go here. We would appreciate any feedback you might have.
With the number of writers growing rapidly, new subscribers get more for their money every day. As a result, the subscription fee for new subscribers is now $5.95/month.
This change will significantly increase the money available to writers, and allow the BN staff to invest further in development and marketing. Discounted yearly subscriptions will continue to be available.
In appreciation, current subscribers will continue to be charged the original subscription fee of $2.99/month. This special pricing will be in effect through 2003, and subscribers will be notified of any change in advance. If you have a yearly subscription, there will be no change until your subscription renewal date.
(Important note for current subscribers: if you cancel your subscription and later resubscribe, you will be charged the new price.)
We have received many emails with ideas on additional categories. As planned, “Writing Advice” has been renamed “Writing” and the following categories have been added:
If you are a writer, please take advantage of the new categories. For example, if you have an opinion blog in World or Everything Else, consider moving it to the new Opinion category. To do this, go to the blog editing page and choose “Change name and description”.
With the new categories, there is no longer enough room on the home page to display the top 3 blogs from each category. This helps the home page load faster, and we also hope this will encourage members to explore the category pages.
Please note that Mature Audiences is now a subcategory of Everything Else. In addition, MA blogs no longer appear in New Posts. To check for new posts in MA blogs, please go to the MA category page and click “sort by: date”.