The last 30 days have been unprecedented. Carnac material has never been easier. Only days after my last post, the proverbial poop hit the fan when it was discovered that rain gangs* were gaming the point system. The post, Did you earn your points fairly, or did you find a loophole? had it all - WOW! And just when I thought it couldn't get any better....yep, it just kept getting better.
*rain gangs - TLW copywrited term, used with permission.
ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!!
This week, Inman news announced the 25 most influential real estate bloggers. I was secretly able to obtain the full list and I am pleased to announce that Carnac ranks #37,869 on the list of most influential real estate bloggers of 2007. Inman reported that I would have ranked 37,868 but was penalized one spot due to my frequent use of the word "crap".
And in other news, Carnac has learned that the sale of Active Rain to Movement.com WILL take place sometime this fall. This is actually great news, as you will now have the opportunity to pay to have your post featured. Take that whiners!!! And for only $2495 per year you will be able to secure your own zip code in localism and have the ability to add additional photos, video and scrolling text. If you sign up during the first week, you will get a free tee-shirt printed with the new AR motto - "Active Rain - Your crap is welcome here!"
Once the sale is officially announced: 50,000 bloggers on Active Rain begin backing up their blog posts. They are shocked to learn however, that the DELETE POST option on Active Rain is suddenly missing.
Bob Carney begins selling "HELL NO, WE WON'T GO" blog buttons for disgruntled Rainers upset about the move. Trying to calm down the angry troops, the Active Rain gods list the 33 million reasons the sale is a good idea.
Realtor.com stock drops from a high this year of $4.52 to $1.12.
Next, a few awards:
Most profound profile: Max 2000
Most profound post: Question About a Turtle
Best first post: Hello Baltimore
Most interesting profile photo: We do more for you
Is he (or she) serious award? Monkey Winkerbean
The oops, wrong social networking site award: How to date and marry Mr. Right
The I'm too terrified to comment on this one award: Don's Blog
The You couldn't make this stuff up award: The Cabbage Patch Family
And so.... in response to Rich Jacobson's request for more sage words of levitatious prognostication:
Lenn Harley is hired as the official Active Rain Enforcement Officer. Plagerizers are immediately issued one of Lenn's cease and desist letters. Lenn provides one of her maps to the injured parties showing the location of the perps.
Kristal Kraft authors Active Rain for Dummies. Chapters include "Deleting Comment Etiquette" and "Devious Tips to Score more points in the next 30 Days". Also included is a special bonus chapter by Sarah Cooper,"How to write non-real estate posts and get away with it everytime just by being sweet."
Todd Carpenter's I have Questions series finally gets around to the question everyone is waiting for.... "Does anyone understand what Jason Sardi is talking about?"
The Jeff Turner video tutorial series receives the highest ratings ever when Jeff demonstrates how to create the automatic comment generator.
Teresa Boardman continues her series on stuff. Her first post was about bricks, the second about glass, the third about wood, the fourth about paint, the fifth about doors, the sixth about stone, and the seventh about cement. Her much anticipated 8th post is on knobs and it receives 231 comments. Teresa promises knockers will be next.
And a few comments:
After the last Carnac post, GoDaddy's stock rose as hundred's of Rainers headed there to claim domain names with Active Rain in the title.
The following Domain Names are taken (seriously):
http://www.activerainsucks.com/
http://www.activeraincrap.com/
http://www.moreactiveraincrap.com/
http://www.activerainkaka.com/
Due to the quick sell-out of Moderator Dartboards, Moderator Voodoo Dolls, and Moderator Punching Bags, a new product is available "Moderator suck up kits" have been produced and can be purchased for $24.95. If you order within the next 30 days, you will receive the free e-book, "How to write crap on Active Rain and still get featured".
And yes, Dr. Phil stops by for his monthly visit and has some advice for those concerned about the future sale of Active Rain: "You don't need Active Rain to make a fool of yourself".
And just a reminder: By special decree of Carnac: Subscribe to my blog buttons are allowed and encouraged on this blog but only on this blog.
Until November: Chicka wahh wahh Bom
AND Just in case you missed Carnac in the past:
January 1st Carnac Predictions
February Carnac Predictions
March Carnac Predictions
April Carnac Predictions
May Carnac Predictions
June Carnac Predictions
July Carnac Predictions
August/September Predictions
