4 points | by ElectricIce3740 3 days ago ago
5 comments
This was invented in 2002
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackback
Oh wow that's really interesting!
> Many blogs have stopped using trackbacks because dealing with spam became too much of a burden.
Then perhaps a better spam filter is what you should focus on.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webmention - a newer, simpler protocol that doesn't seem to have the same spam problems. I'll have to look into it more.
This was invented in 2002
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackback
Oh wow that's really interesting!
> Many blogs have stopped using trackbacks because dealing with spam became too much of a burden.
Then perhaps a better spam filter is what you should focus on.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webmention - a newer, simpler protocol that doesn't seem to have the same spam problems. I'll have to look into it more.