Commenting On Blogs

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  johnliming · Member · Aug 13, 2013 at 1:17 am

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  A friend of mine who owns another blog on another web location told me he was unable to post a comment on an article in my blog on WordPress.com because he got a screen asking him to log in to the WordPress.com site and he doesn’t have a WordPress.com account.

  I am wondering if there are others out there who read my blog but are unable to make comments on my blog because they do not have an account with WordPress.com?

  Is it true that only those who have WordPress.com accounts can comment on my blog?

  Is there something I might have done wrong in setting my blog up that might have caused this restriction?

  Is there something I can change in “Discussion Settings” to remedy the situation?

  Is there an extension or an add on that can remedy the situation?

  I really hate to think there might be people out there wanting to make comments on my blog who cannot do so for one reason or another.

  I would be sincerely appreciative for any detailed assistance that anyone cares to give me on this issue.

  Thanks to everyone!

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

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  timethief · Member · Aug 13, 2013 at 1:37 am

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  This page > Settings > Discussion is where you set up defaults for comments.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

  Discussion Settings
  Other comment settings
  _Comment author must fill out name and e-mail
  _Users must be registered and logged in to comment

  Note that the prompt to submit and email address and a website URL will still appear, but providing an email address and logging in are not required, and you cannot change this so the prompt does not appear.

  You can post instructions for your visitors in a text widget if you wish to set up anonymous commenting. That’s easy to do. You copy and paste this into a text widget:

  Readers: Note that the email address and logging in prompts do appear for comments on this blog, but providing an email address and logging in are not required.

  P.S. Do be sure to set up full comment moderation ie. “An administrator must always approve the comment” because anonymous commenting is bound to increase the amount of spam your blog will receive.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation

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  auxclass · Member · Aug 13, 2013 at 1:40 am

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  I was able to leave a comment without being logged in to WordPress.com

  your comments are not moderated – lets things move faster but you need to watch them for spam real close