One of the things I'm trying on this site is the use of TrackBack as the primary means for readers to respond to a post. For most posts, I am leaving comments disabled, on the theory that anyone who has a significant comment to make can do so on their own blog, and send me a TrackBack. This has a few drawbacks -- namely that some readers won't have their own blog, and those that do may not use TrackBack.
My photo blog, which has been around for a few years, regularly gets hit with big doses of TrackBack spam. The same is starting to happen here on jkeyes.com. I am pleased that Movable Type has automatically blocked every last junk TrakBack so far (on both sites), and has let the legitimate ones (small in quantity though they may be) through. However, TrackBack spam is one of the areas that needs to be addressed by the TrackBack working group and standardization process.
Comments on this post? Send me a TrackBack!