This trackback below shows a possibly unforeseen side-effect of automated trackbacks…

Two months ago I posted a comment which linked to seek’s weblog, which was at another URL then. Seek migrated elsewhere, changed the name from “Manual::Override” to “Pressepapiers.net”, and just today (I suppose) made some minor change to his old post copied over from his previous incarnation.

This caused Movable Type‘s automatic trackback machinery to fire, sending me a ping, and inserting an excerpt into my weblog, which at first sight made no sense at all. Perhaps MT should make pings optional when older posts are edited? Hmm…