Can I make Comments allowable for Members only?

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  ganwriters · Member · Dec 21, 2011 at 1:09 pm

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  Dear WordPress:

  I’m new here. I have started a blog for our Writers’ group. I would like the page to be viewable by the public, but for only members to be able to comment on writers’ submissions. Can I do that here?
  Blog url: http://ganwriters.wordpress.com/

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  evarlese · Member · Dec 21, 2011 at 2:13 pm

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  It’s not possible to limit comments only to members of the blog if your site is public. However, you can control which comments do and do not display on your site.

  To do this, you’ll want to go to your Settings -> Discussion page and select “An administrator must always approve the comment” so that all comments left on the blog will need to be approved by you:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#before-a-comment-appears