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I ditched the algorithm for RSS

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744 points DearNarwhal | 3 comments | 16 Jan 25 12:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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j2kun ◴[16 Jan 25 17:45 UTC] No.42728400[source]▶
One thing I wish I could easily augment with RSS is the ability to send and discover webmentions. I would love to read something in my RSS feed, respond to it, and post a webmention back to the original author. I'd also like to be able to see in the RSS feed what other pages have posted webmentions to the page I'm reading.
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pluc ◴[16 Jan 25 17:47 UTC] No.42728427[source]▶
You are describing Postbacks: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postback
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yakshaving_jgt ◴[16 Jan 25 18:49 UTC] No.42729248[source]▶
I don't think this Wikipedia page is describing the thing you think it is. Maybe it's the wrong link?
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1. sltkr ◴[16 Jan 25 23:37 UTC] No.42732352{3}[source]▶
He's probably thinking about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingback
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2. yakshaving_jgt ◴[17 Jan 25 06:03 UTC] No.42734535[source]▶
I think you're right.

It's a shame that this was so vulnerable to abuse. Webmentions as a concept is such a great idea. Maybe the more recent implementation is better, but it doesn't seem like many people (relatively speaking) are familiar with the idea.

3. pluc ◴[17 Jan 25 16:29 UTC] No.42739763[source]▶
Correct! Thanks for correcting