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@c Really great write up and introduction. However, for people like "Mom" it is still far easier to sign up on Facebook and post/like there.

@renem Thanks renem! We'll get there eventually.

@c A little hint on how do you got micro.blog mentions visible on blog posts? I thought Manton hadn't implemented WebMention support in M.b. yet? Bridgy, beta?

@renem, @manton has implemented Webmentions, but a filtered version. If I recall, mentions are only sent to the website listed in your account settings and not to others. Although, now that I'm thinking about it, perhaps it could be a selling point for expanding the user base of micro.blog if he let all @mentions and @replies send Webmentions. Barring that it would be nice if there were additional fields for more websites which could receive them as I use two different sites to feed my micro.blog account, and currently only one of them can get these "whitelisted" Webmentions.

@c @renem Just to clarify, any reply on Micro.blog should send a Webmention if the target page supports it. The limit is for the incoming mentions, which need to be matched with an existing username / web site, for now.

@renem @manton That's right. You need a webmention endpoint on your blog (often provided by a plugin) and a way for mentions to be displayed. WordPress, for example, treats them as comments but you often need to tweak the theme.

@colinwalker I use Webmention.io on my blog for this and display the mentions via JavaScript client side. But I was not aware that this setup works if someone mentions me here because M.b. Only knows my verified site which is my MicroBlog custom domain.

@renem OK. Webmentions work in response to specific posts so if you post and it gets brought in by RSS to m.b/renem then you get them sent back in reply to those posts. I'm not sure if generic mentions are supported if someone just posts a link rather than replies. @manton ?