Do followers have to sign up with WordPress to follow a private blog?

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  merckff · Member · Nov 9, 2011 at 7:52 pm

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  Hi, I want my blog to be private – on an invite-only status, but I don’t want my followers to be forced to create an account with WordPress in order to receive notifications when I update my blog. I saw in the “Support” section that followers don’t have to create an account to follow a blog, but when I sent an invite out, the email required that person to create an account. Is this just because I am on the Private setting? Is there any way around this?

  Thanks for the help!!

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 9, 2011 at 9:12 pm

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  Any person you invite to view your private blog who doesn’t have a WordPress.com account will have to create one.

  Please see this Staff reply https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-add-usernames-to-privacy-list/page/2?replies=59#post-733828