Comments and Likes for Blog Posts from non-members

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    catalinaadams · Member ·

    Can anyone leave a comment on my blog? Or do they have to be a member of WordPress/have a WordPress account to leave a comment? Same with likes. Can anyone like a blog post? Or do they have to log-in to like a blog post? I was hoping people reading my blog didn’t have to log in, but could like to comment anonymously if they wanted.

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    One has to have a WordPress.com/Gravatar account and be logged into WordPress.com to use the “in-house” WordPress.COM like button for WordPress.COM bloggers. In other words, it’s the same here as it is at Facebook and everywhere else there is an “in-house” like button provided for member use only.

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    catalinaadams · Member ·

    Gotcha. Thanks for the quick response!

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    timethief · Member ·

    if you choose to set up anonymous commeting you will be throwing down the welcome mat to every spammer there is, and they will sell your URL to other spammers too.

    Be aware that 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. That is why setting up anonymous commenting is never recommended.

    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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