This RelationShaping.com blog is only a few days old and I've already discovered my WordPress.com hosted blog, Urban Semiotic, is unable -- or unwilling? -- to accept Trackbacks from this pair Networks hosted Movable Type 4.1 blog.

Consider this public charring between Six Apart's Anil Dash and some of the paid Automattic/WordPress.com/Akismet staff on the Movable Type blog.
That fight was covered by the tech press here and here and here.
I sure hope there isn't any retribution going on -- because that tactic only cheapens the titans and wounds the loyal users.
We're all in this technological lifeboat together -- set adrift in the ether to only come apart -- and the re-formation of us all mandates our unity in spirit and deed.
I asked Akismet support if there was a problem with the Trackbacks getting caught as Spam. I will report back here if I receive a response.









I was told by WordPress support this morning that nothing is blocked.
I was just now able to send a successful Trackback to my WordPress.com blog from this blog. You can see it here:
http://urbansemiotic.com/2005/11/10/virtual-relationshaping/
I just sent a Trackback to my WordPress.com blog from my Showtime article and it did not go through.