Difference between Follower and Viewer

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  slipholders · Member · Mar 11, 2013 at 8:22 pm

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  Most help pages refer to the 4 User Roles: Administrator, Editor, Author, and Contributor. Other pages add Follower to this list. And yet other pages refer to what seems to be a 6th Role, “Viewer.” I get the first four, but not sure, from the reading, if a follower is considered a “role” in the sense that the first four are. Beyond that, do follower and viewer relate? What’s the distinction between these two?

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  kardotim · Member · Mar 12, 2013 at 11:06 am

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  A follower is someone who have signed up to receive updates each time you publish new content. A viewer is someone who gets invited to just view your blog but isn’t subscribed to it.

  You can read more about adding users at http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/

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  slipholders · Member · Mar 13, 2013 at 7:23 am

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  In either case, follower or viewer, are they required to sign in to their account first?

  Some of my target audience may have certain disabilities and I want to select the simplest possible way to access the blog.

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  kardotim · Member · Mar 13, 2013 at 8:12 am

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  Both a follower and viewer don’t need to have a WordPress.com account.

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  familydiary10 · Member · Mar 31, 2013 at 5:49 am

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  You made my day better because i was searching for these by wasting my precious time a lot….

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  kardotim · Member · Mar 31, 2013 at 7:11 am

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  Cheers :)