Actually, why do we need trackback? I very much agree with John Gruber’s thoughts on trackback β Take your Trackbacks and Dangle and Trackback addenda.
I agree that a "threaded" or otherwise centralized view of the flow of conversation would be incredible. But I don’t want to shut out non-trackback using tools. The referrer is common across all web-platforms β it’s just links, after all!
That being said, for tools that don’t do trackback, you can use Simpletracks from Kalsey Consulting. I use it on occasion, but other times I’ll just do this β post comments on my site as well as type them into the comment box.
Some other thoughts: Is "trackback" capitalized or not? Is it a trademark of MovableType?
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