pingback shows up as a comment??

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  questionof · Member · Jan 31, 2010 at 4:28 pm

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  I probably have not really “captured” what pingbacks are all about… However I just got an e-mail saying: A new pingback on the post #310 “It’s a question of… putting Valentine’s Day into perspective” is waiting for your approval.
  I clicked on “approve it” – and now it’s showing up in the comments of the post (http://questionof.com/2010/01/25/it’s-a-question-of…-putting-valentine’s-day-into-perspective/#comments)
  I don’t want to leave it there as a comment, but on the other hand, isn’t a pingback supposed to be good? Is it normal that pingbacks show up as comments?
  (Please forgive me if I’m being a total idiot here…)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 31, 2010 at 4:35 pm

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  Yes, pingbacks are comments. You can disable them if you don’t like them: discussion module on the edit post page.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pingbacks/

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  questionof · Member · Jan 31, 2010 at 4:38 pm

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  Thank you :-)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 31, 2010 at 4:56 pm

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  You are welcome.