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diff --git a/doc/todo/pingback_support.mdwn b/doc/todo/pingback_support.mdwn index 7b3b158ee..5d93e6094 100644 --- a/doc/todo/pingback_support.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/pingback_support.mdwn @@ -39,3 +39,26 @@ case I will consider this done with an entry in [[tips]]; otherwise a > all urls found. --[[Joey]] >> Is there any update on this? This would be highly useful and is the main reason why I am not using my blog more regularly, yet. (And yes, now that git-annex is doing everything I need and more, I thought I should revisit this one, as well). -- RichiH + +---- + +Happy 9th anniversary, bug! + +For whatever reason I was compelled to look at this situation afresh. I've +added some instrumentation to my own site to see whether there's any external +attempts to issue pingbacks to my own site, to gauge whether it's worthwhile +spending any more time on this. But it looks like pingback in the wider world +might be dead or dying. + +[I started a conversation on Twitter with the inventor of Pingback to see what +he thought](https://twitter.com/jmtd/status/1042730998839107585). He suggested +taking a look at "webmentions". here's some preliminary reading on those: + + * <https://indieweb.org/Webmention> + * <https://kryogenix.org/days/2014/11/29/enabling-webmentions/> + * <https://www.kryogenix.org/days/2014/11/30/vouching-for-webmentions-hashing-for-vouches/> + +At this point I don't know if webmentions actually has more traction than pingback, +but the key issue I guess is whether it's growing. I'm going to (but am yet to) add +corresponding instrumentation to my site to try and track that, too. +-- [[Jon]] (2018-09-24) |