TweetBacks – Twitter-based Blog comments
Yesterday I heard about "TweetBacks" for the first time. They’re very similar to Trackbacks or Comments, except they work with Twitter. The idea is that whenever someone links to a blog post, that’s essentially a comment and it would be nice if they appeared next to the blog-post. Well, the idea was mentioned less than a week ago on Mashable (10 ways Twitter will change Blog Design ), and already a talented guy named Dan Zarella has implemented it. Currently on version .2 beta, it’s a simple JavaScript you can include on any webpage to show TweetBacks. He’s already released a Wordpress plugin, and the 1-line Script tag was trivial for me to add to Geeklog’s templates.
So, you’ll notice that individual articles pages now have a Tweetbacks section! Currently, they just show me talking about my own blog most of the time, but hopefully it’ll grow over time. Enjoy! [tag:tweetback][tag:blog][tag:twitter]
