Blocking followers

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  juliemangano · Member · Sep 27, 2013 at 10:44 pm

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  Can I block someone from following me or commenting on my posts?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Sep 27, 2013 at 10:46 pm

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  Welcome to the real cyberwolrd where you cannot picky choosy who reads your public blog or picky choose who can submit comments to your public blog.

  We cannot block or delete subscribers from public blogs. Everyone on the internet can view and follow any public blog. That is in fact what the public designation means and anyone anyone with internet access can follow your public blog’s RSS Feed.

  You can change your blog visibility to “private” http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/ Please read this about public blogs that become private blogs > Blog Privacy and Subscribers > http://wpcommaven.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/blog-privacy-and-subscribers/

  Note that you have complete control over everything that’s posted to your blog via comment moderation
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation

  You don’t have to post any comment on your blog. Delete troll posts http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/how-to-starve-a-troll/
  and mark only spam as spam. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/01/24/mark-only-spam-as-spam/