When the wider web links back to your moment
Your moments can now receive webmentions: when another site writes about one and links to it, that mention finds its way back and appears under the moment.
A webmention is a small, quiet note that says one page mentioned another. It is the older, calmer part of the open web, sites linking to each other, and Moments now listens for it. When someone on their own blog or personal site links to one of your moments, the mention gathers under it, in the Conversation section, beneath any replies from the Fediverse.
You do not have to do anything. On moments that are open to conversation, webmentions arrive on their own. Moments quietly checks that the other page really does link back to you before showing it, so nothing can be faked. A post that replies to your moment shows a little of what they said. A page that simply links to you shows its title. Either way, a visitor can follow it home.
As with everything here, there is nothing to chase. Likes and reposts from other sites are never shown as counts, only genuine replies and mentions appear, as words. You can see every webmention your journal has received, and hide any you would rather not show, from the new Webmentions tab under Open web.
- Webmentions appear under a moment, alongside Fediverse replies
- They arrive automatically on moments open to conversation
- Each is verified to really link back before it shows
- No like or repost counts, only real replies and mentions
- See and hide any of them from the Webmentions tab in your dashboard