Okay! Truth is I'm as new to blogging as I am to WordPress and Atahualpa. I'm setting up a website mostly comprised of "static pages" and have been happy to NOT enable either Comments or Pings in the WP admin's Edit Page.
But now, I'm creating the "news" page on which the farm/company blog will reside.
Re: allowing Pings (Trackbacks AND Pingbacks):
1) what's the current thinking? Trackbacks in particular seem to have caused people problems.
2) what is the "official Flynn stance"?
3) is there anywhere that lays out the pros and cons intelligently and clearly allowing the curious to make an educated choice?