Comments on: Open Trackback & Comments Sunday http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: stageleft http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-75354 stageleft Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:34:20 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/#comment-75354 Absolutely voluntary<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('75354','stageleft'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('75354','stageleft','Absolutely voluntary'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Absolutely voluntary
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]]> By: Ian Scott http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-75285 Ian Scott Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:42:37 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/#comment-75285 “It’s quite the socialist exercise,..”

But voluntary, correct? :)

Volgroups are wonderful.

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]]> By: stageleft http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-75229 stageleft Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:41:45 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/#comment-75229 The membership of the Open Trackback Alliance commit to creating one open post per week on their respective blogs for others to link to. The trackback creates a link to the originating blog that accomplishes two things: [1] The link counts as an outbound link to the originating blog that helps raise the originator within the blogging ecosystem, sort of a leg up for new blogs. [2] As the OTA is generally made up of blogs with a relatively decent standing in the ecosystem, and have fairly stable readerships, the link gives the originating blog an audience they may not otherwise have access to. It's quite the socialist exercise, started, oddly enough, by a solid rightie :-)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('75229','stageleft'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('75229','stageleft','The membership of the Open Trackback Alliance commit to creating one open post per week on their respective blogs for others to link to. The trackback creates a link to the originating blog that accomplishes two things:\r\n\r\n[1] The link counts as an outbound link to the originating blog that helps raise the originator within the blogging ecosystem, sort of a leg up for new blogs.\r\n\r\n[2] As the OTA is generally made up of blogs with a relatively decent standing in the ecosystem, and have fairly stable readerships, the link gives the originating blog an audience they may not otherwise have access to.\r\n\r\nIt\'s quite the socialist exercise, started, oddly enough, by a solid rightie :-)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The membership of the Open Trackback Alliance commit to creating one open post per week on their respective blogs for others to link to. The trackback creates a link to the originating blog that accomplishes two things:

[1] The link counts as an outbound link to the originating blog that helps raise the originator within the blogging ecosystem, sort of a leg up for new blogs.

[2] As the OTA is generally made up of blogs with a relatively decent standing in the ecosystem, and have fairly stable readerships, the link gives the originating blog an audience they may not otherwise have access to.

It’s quite the socialist exercise, started, oddly enough, by a solid rightie :-)

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]]> By: balbulican http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-74942 balbulican Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:51:50 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/#comment-74942 I know that the seminar you did for us all in the Bunker Hall of Heroes was an absolute model of lucidity. But I confess I still don't understand exactly what this feature is all about. Could you explain one more time?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('74942','balbulican'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('74942','balbulican','I know that the seminar you did for us all in the Bunker Hall of Heroes was an absolute model of lucidity. But I confess I still don\'t understand exactly what this feature is all about. Could you explain one more time?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I know that the seminar you did for us all in the Bunker Hall of Heroes was an absolute model of lucidity. But I confess I still don’t understand exactly what this feature is all about. Could you explain one more time?
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]]> By: Ian Scott http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-74929 Ian Scott Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:30:09 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/#comment-74929 Ah, ok, SL. Thanks. I'll give that a try next time. I guess the comment I left is good enough for now :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('74929','Ian Scott'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('74929','Ian Scott','Ah, ok, SL. Thanks. I\'ll give that a try next time. I guess the comment I left is good enough for now :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Ah, ok, SL. Thanks. I’ll give that a try next time. I guess the comment I left is good enough for now :)
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]]> By: stageleft http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-74928 stageleft Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:20:42 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/#comment-74928 Ian, you need to put a link to the Open Trackback and Comments post somewhere inside your post to be absolutely sure that the trackback shows up properly.... WPs "send trackback" feature is apparently buggy.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('74928','stageleft'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('74928','stageleft','Ian, you need to put a link to the Open Trackback and Comments post somewhere inside your post to be absolutely sure that the trackback shows up properly.... WPs \"send trackback\" feature is apparently buggy.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Ian, you need to put a link to the Open Trackback and Comments post somewhere inside your post to be absolutely sure that the trackback shows up properly…. WPs “send trackback” feature is apparently buggy.
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]]> By: Planck's Constant http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-74913 Planck's Constant Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:36:22 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/#comment-74913 <strong>Persian Pastries and Iranian Roses of Mohammed</strong> A few days ago Gateway Pundit blogged about ** The Cinnamon Bun Scandal ** which reminded me that I had a previously unpublished article that I should have posted, so now I have an excuse. Over a hundred years ago, during the Qajar Era, Western sc...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('74913','Planck\'s Constant'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('74913','Planck\'s Constant','<strong>Persian Pastries and Iranian Roses of Mohammed<\/strong>\n\nA few days ago Gateway Pundit blogged about ** The Cinnamon Bun Scandal ** which reminded me that I had a previously unpublished article that I should have posted, so now I have an excuse.\r\n\r\nOver a hundred years ago, during the Qajar Era, Western sc...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Persian Pastries and Iranian Roses of Mohammed

A few days ago Gateway Pundit blogged about ** The Cinnamon Bun Scandal ** which reminded me that I had a previously unpublished article that I should have posted, so now I have an excuse.

Over a hundred years ago, during the Qajar Era, Western sc…

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]]> By: Ian Scott http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/comment-page-1/#comment-74902 Ian Scott Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:25:14 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/10/15/open-trackback-comments-sunday-3/#comment-74902 Hmmm... tried to send a trackback for this: http://ianism.com/?p=350 Never showed up. Odd.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('74902','Ian Scott'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('74902','Ian Scott','Hmmm... tried to send a trackback for this:\r\nhttp:\/\/ianism.com\/?p=350\r\n\r\nNever showed up. Odd.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hmmm… tried to send a trackback for this:
http://ianism.com/?p=350

Never showed up. Odd.

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