Webmentions: Why I Made the Switch from Comments

Written by daily-dev-tips | Published 2020/09/25
Tech Story Tags: webmentions | eleventy | static-website | w3c | decentralization | how-do-webmentions-work | latest-tech-stories | back-to-the-internet | web-monetization

TLDR Webmentions are an open standard for a reaction to a thing on the web. It's currently in W3C recommendation status. When you link to a website, you can send a Webmention to notify that website. They can contain data, such as likes, repost, comments, or other stuff. Using webmention.io is a free service made by the amazing indieweb hero Aaron Parecki. It's a fantastic API we can leverage. We can use JavaScript to show these on our website.via the TL;DR App

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Published by HackerNoon on 2020/09/25