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Originally Posted by rwest
Got another related question: on some of the threads, like the DOG thread, if you go to post something, at the bottom section it has a part labeled "trackbacks" or something and there are a whole bunch of websites listed, some with commercial sounding names, what's gives?
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When someone posts content that has an active link back to another source it generates a trackback.
It lets the the original author know their content has been linked to.
Think of it as a bibliography for forum posts.