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  plantbasedgrandma · Member · Jun 30, 2016 at 11:35 pm

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  How do I change the settings so people can comment on my blog?????? I’m almost ready to give up now. As people have to join word press to read it, and the. A they can’t comment, WHY!!!!!!!!! Really pissed off and now looking for another site to blog with 😡

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  timethief · Member · Jul 1, 2016 at 3:45 pm

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  Don’t waste your time being pissed off. Go to the support docs which are all at https://support.wordpress.com/ and type discussion settings https://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=discussion+settings into the search box and click. https://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

  Comments on posts and pages are enabled by default on all WordPress blogs. However, you can enable and disable comments on WordPress.com blogs on this page Dashboard > Settings > Discussion
  That is where you set up defaults for comments and other comment options http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

  You can override the default settings and enable or disable future comments on any individual post or page.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments/
  See also for faster ways:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/comments-off-1/

  Important Note: By default, new blogs on WordPress.com will have the Discussion hidden. You can reveal it by clicking on Screen Options http://en.support.wordpress.com/screen-options/ on the top right corner of your Admin page, and checking the box that says Discussion so the module is included. http://en.support.wordpress.com/modules/#list-of-modules

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  timethief · Member · Jul 1, 2016 at 3:46 pm

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  The vast and overwhelming majority of all so-called information on the internet is spam. Over 80% of all so-called comments submitted to .wordpress.com blogs every day are spam. Spam comes in waves. There are human beings who get paid to post spam. There are robotic programs that post spam. Setting up anonymous commenting is akin to throwing down a welcome mat to spammers and phishers and all their buddies too.

  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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  plantbasedgrandma · Member · Jul 1, 2016 at 3:48 pm

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  THANKS. I think my brain is now ready to explode reading the above :(

  Its just people are enjoying reading my blog, but are disappointed not to be able to comment. I think Ive sorted it. We will see, will give it one more go. …

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  timethief · Member · Jul 1, 2016 at 3:50 pm

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  Please note that the support docs are all at https://support.wordpress.com/ and that’s the first place to got to find what you need.