Internal TrackBacks

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I have been thinking of a side use of TrackBacks within one's weblog. When I write a follow-up to an existing entry, linking to this entry from the new one should create a link properly identified as a follow-up* in the old entry to let readers know that the story continues. It should be as easy as creating a link, and voilà.

Has anyone done this already, or had this idea before?

(*) the difference is important, an internal follow-up is not a TrackBack. Authors should be able to determine the look, placement and content of the follow-up notice, I guess by way of template tags and weblog preferences.