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Coding Horror: Death of Trackbacks

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Here is a thoughtful, interesting, and informative blog essay on trackbacks and why they are not currently useable.

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But sometimes a mere comment isn't enough. Maybe you have your own blog. Depending on the depth of your feelings on the matter, you might want to write an entire post on your blog explaining, in great detail, specifically why I'm full of crap. Then you'd publish your post for the world to see. But how do you know that I, the target of your vitriol, have read your post? How do you know that I can even find your post? You could email me directly, but that feels a little too intimate. Or, you could leave a comment linking to your response, but that feels like additional work ...

http://www.codinghor...archives/000751.html


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