The ethics of syndicating comments using WebMentions


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This blog uses WebMention technology. If you write an article on your website and mention one of my blog posts, I get a notification. That notification can then be published as a comment. It usually looks something like this: This means readers of my post can see where it has been mentioned around the web. They can read your article after reading mine. Nice! I've also set up a "bridge" service which looks for people posting comments about my work on social media. For example, if you…

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