Any chance of getting trackbacks turned back on?

December 2, 2004 11:25 PM

Any chance of getting trackbacks turned back on, Matt? I really liked the way I could follow them out into the bloggy cloud of commentary, which often included longer essays and pictures of kittens and stuff.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken to Feature Requests at 11:25 PM (13 comments total)

For what it's worth, I kind of enjoyed that as well. It reminded me of the time when I used to get random links from blogs that weren't meta-something.

Kittens with pancakes? Wait, sorry, I got that wrong. Shit.
posted by Kleptophoria! at 11:38 PM on December 2, 2004

I dug it too, but my god do I hate Rod Stewart....
posted by dabitch at 2:46 AM on December 3, 2004

I thought the music accompanying the threads was glorious.
posted by The God Complex at 3:07 AM on December 3, 2004

I assumed that it wasn't impossible to filter malicious embeds in the trackbacks, just a matter of some work. And now that somebody's being paid to update the codebase, apparently, well, I figured I'd ask. Pony season is... open!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:25 AM on December 3, 2004

*shakes fist at Rod Stewart*
posted by matteo at 4:27 AM on December 3, 2004

I also liked the trackbacks.
posted by Space Coyote at 4:39 AM on December 3, 2004

ooooh, and right now I see something I wanna trackback! Po-ny po-ny po-ny! ;))
posted by dabitch at 5:01 AM on December 3, 2004

matteo: *shakes fist at Rod Stewart*

Believe me, that only encourages him. What he really hates is when you take off your underwear and put it on your head while hopping on one foot and whistling "Bolero".

*Waits.*
posted by taz at 5:51 AM on December 3, 2004

i really miss the trackbacks too. but yah, rod stewart still scares me and always will.
posted by t r a c y at 7:27 AM on December 3, 2004

taz: done. I just sent you a few pics of the whole ordeal
posted by matteo at 9:28 AM on December 3, 2004

I think it's "Beck's Bolero" he really hates.
posted by timeistight at 10:19 AM on December 3, 2004

*rubs hands together in wicked satisfaction that my evil-genius scheme actually worked. frames pics.*
posted by taz at 11:21 AM on December 3, 2004

OK I cheated. I wasn't whistling Bolero
posted by matteo at 12:07 PM on December 5, 2004