“Comment on Your Own Blog” in Action
Shimon blogged about walking on frozen Spy Pond on Sunday. I was out on Ponkapoag Pond in the Blue Hills, so I wanted to comment on his post. In order to comment on a blog post, Frassle requires you to set up an account. I didn’t think too much about it because of all the forms I have to complete to comment on other people’s blogs. On the Harvard system, when you comment on someone’s blog, you automatically become a member. Sneaky sneaky: Frassle automatically sets up a new blog. Had I known that, I might have commented in a different fashion. I really don’t need a fourth blog. (Or do I …?) At least now I can play with Frassle and its nifty categories and hierarchical structure.
February 2nd, 2004 at 9:12 am
Ah yes, you’re on to my scheme. One major planned feature for frassle is automatic threading of posts and comments. Because there is no distinction between a comment made on someone else’s blog and a blog post of your own, frassle doesn’t care if you use its reply button or if you post on your own blog and merely link to the original post. If you post on a blog outside of frassle, we’ll eventually get it from the aggregator. It’s a kind of less efficient, limited-use trackback.
Of course, this feature is not yet fully implemented. The background infrastructure is there, and in the future a link to your comment will show up below my pond post.
Also, you have the honor of being the first person to use this feature of frassle for a non-testing purpose. Thanks for giving me real incentive to improve the system!