> The problem with commenting as it is practiced today is that it > relies on granting others the right to write into one's blog. > ... > Thus, more and more commenting will move to a > track-back model (either explicit via mechanisms like > trackback or implicit > via link tracking tools like PubSub).
Bob: Bah, bug, and hum. Comments are just micro-message boards, and message boards have been getting along just fine for many, many years without the help of PubSub or any other third party. More importantly, a reply that exists within the context of the source and a reply that exists in another space entirely are very different things... they're written differently, perceived differently, and often aim for different goals. That's not a problem to be solved. With that said, I don't think Atom needs to bake in anything fancy for comments. Personally, I'd be quite content if Joe tapped out a wfw:commentAtom and called it a day. -- Roger Benningfield JournURL
