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That open standard exists, it’s called Webmention. You can use a free Webmention server like https://webmention.io https://webmention.io and download comments w
by alexmingoia 6y ago
That open standard exists, it’s called Webmention. You can use a free Webmention server like https://webmention.io https://webmention.io and download comments with your API. Comments are just webpages where people respond to your blog.
Webmention works like this: Someone writes a reply on their blog and then sends you a Webmention. You can add it to your site or do whatever with it. It’s decentralized and there’s no vendor lock-in.
- p4bl0 6y agoSo it's just like trackbacks we used to have in the late 2000s?
- alexmingoia 6y agoWebmention is the current standard for doing what trackbacks did, and simplified. Webmention doesn’t require any sort of RDF or special code like trackbacks. Verifying a Webmention only involves looking in the HTML for any link to the page being mentioned.