TalkBack Reader Response System

This was one of the first systems used on the Internet to allow people to respond to articles posted on a web site. It was first used at the Jesse Berst's ZDNet Anchordesk news site and was created by Technical Director Jon C.A. DeKeles.

This web site was one of the first sites that used email to send news to readers on a daily basis. At one point went out to almost 3 million people a day. This TalkBack system allowed readers, once they came to the site to respond by a form on the screen. This data was then sent by email to the editors and was also written to a data file. The data was imported into a custom Access Database Publishing system. The editor could approve the post, and also respond to the post. It was one of the first interactive system created for use on the Internet for a news publication.

The correct use of the name is TalkBack. With a capital T and B, and as all one word.