Bot Followers

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  styledbya · Member · May 14, 2018 at 6:07 am

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  I’ve noticed my blog has begun to gain what seems to be bot followers. I’m notified via email of new followers and these followers all seem to have the outlook.com domain. The names in the email are quite strange too. What can be done to help and what risk of the random bots following me pose?

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  staartmees · Member · May 14, 2018 at 6:21 am

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  This is a known issue and Staff is working on this problem. There is no security issue at all. The followers aren’t making it through to your dashboard followers because we are removing them on our end.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spammy-follows-from-outlookcom-email-addresses/