Comments on: Would it be possible to get trackbacks turned back on?

Would it be possible to get trackbacks turned back on?

monju_bosatsu — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 13:21:39 -0800

Would it be possible to get trackbacks turned back on at some point? Also, a small bug: existing trackbacks have disappeared. I'm not sure whether that happened when trackbacks were initially disabled or when the comment-closing feature was added, but they're all gone.

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 13:36:10 -0800

Isn't trackback just a persistent url? All posts and comments have those.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 13:45:47 -0800

Not exactly. Prior to March 17, 2004, if you wrote an entry on your blog referencing the url of the post, a trackback to your entry would appear below the comment box on the post page. Matt disabled the trackback functionality when some joker embedded a Rod Stewart midi in his trackback. I was just hoping that we might get that feature back at some point.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 14:48:05 -0800

Trackback is prone to so much spam and gaming that I would honestly have to spend a full week (40 hrs) rewriting the trackback system, and I'd just rather not spend my time that way. It was nice to see new blogs talking about posts every once in a while, but it wasn't a killer feature in my opinion overall. I see more and more people turning it off on their blogs, so I think its use is on the decline.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:10:16 -0800

What about just including a link somewhere on the page to a technorati search for that url? Something like this after the timestamp: pings

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:51:22 -0800

Of course, I guess I could just use the technorati bookmarklet.

By: gd779

gd779 — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 17:21:27 -0800

That's too bad; I would really like to see trackbacks turned back on at some point, if it's possible.

By: mcwetboy

mcwetboy — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 17:33:24 -0800

Most of the spam I get is trackback spam; I don't blame Matt if he'd rather avoid that particular mess, however much I myself would like to see trackback functionality restored.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 21:40:20 -0800

Hey monju, at least you got an answer!

By: dg

dg — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 22:04:42 -0800

Yeah, but was it the best answer? Maybe if we had a feature where people could link the best answer to their MeTa query and then people could click it to go directly there?

*prepares to be sent to burn in hell*

By: Steve_at_Linnwood

Steve_at_Linnwood — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 23:32:02 -0800

Would it be possible to get trackbacks turned back on at some point?

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy....

By: quonsar

quonsar — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 05:33:46 -0800

if(you like my body) && (you think i'm sexy) {
...
}

By: angry modem

angry modem — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 19:12:48 -0800

I didn't do it