Bluetrait

I thought I would post my current view (and may change) on trackback. Now trackback is a way of posting comments on someone else's blog site. What happens is instead of replying to a post on the site you are visiting you go to your compatible blogging software type in the sites (the one you're wanting to add a comment to) trackback url and then your reply. What then happens is a small amount of your comment is sent to the site and posted where as the rest is stored on your website.

An example can be found here:
http://binarybonsai.com/archives/2004/08/22/kubrick-vs-wordpress/#comments

Your site now appears with your comment and users from the other site must visit your site to read the comment.

I don't like this for the following reason

1) If I am reading a website I don't wish to go to someone else's site, which I have no idea what is about just to read this one comment. Now this comment may have replies from people visiting that site, so it becomes like this massive chain. Visiting 5 different sites to read 5 comments is not my idea of fun.
2) Confusing. The trackback comments appear as a new item on your site too. For example:
http://photomatt.net/2004/08/18/blog-appeal/
3) Just lame. If someone has visited my site they should post on my site, not some crappy way of getting people to go to their site. The same if I post on someone else's site.
4) Something about if the website the trackback is going to is down I can't read the rest of the comment.
5) Effort. Instead of just typing my reply on that site I must go back to mine, log in, type the trackback url and then add my comment.

Currently at this stage I think it is not all that great. Now maybe I'm saying this because my site doesn't have trackback or something. I'm sure if I really wanted to I could code it but I just don't see the point. If you want to comment on something great just post it here, otherwise just read it.

This site isn't about drawing masses of people; it is mainly here just so you can read my feelings/ideas on certain topics. The commenting system is for feedback, nothing more.

My feelings towards trackback might change so there is no point in quoting me on this in 10 years time when everyone is using it :p

Old School Commenting!

Feel free to tell me why I should like trackback.

EDIT: It may also be called ping-back not track-back. I don't know!