Extreme overnight drop in number of followers – what's going on?

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  lynnespreen · Member · Jul 5, 2012 at 1:56 pm

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  I lost 200 of my 800 followers in 1 day; I made no changes to website (no new posts, etc.) in that period. What happened?
  Blog url: http://lynnespreen.wordpress.com/

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  jackiedana · Member · Jul 5, 2012 at 3:03 pm

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  Right now I see you have 760 followers including those through Publicize.

  If that number seems low, you may wish to try reconnecting your blog to Facebook or other services through Publicize.

  This link explains some of the stats:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/#totals-followers-shares

  This explains how to reconnect Facebook, etc.:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/#reconnecting-facebook

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  lynnespreen · Member · Jul 5, 2012 at 4:09 pm

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  Jackie, I see 600 on the home page: http://www.anyshinything.com. Yesterday it said 802.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 5, 2012 at 5:29 pm

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  Were you Publicizing via Facebook before? It doesn’t appear to be connected, which could explain the drop (as your Facebook followers disappeared).

  Please try reconnecting it following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/#reconnecting-facebook

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  lynnespreen · Member · Jul 5, 2012 at 6:09 pm

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  Thanks, MacManx and JackieDana. That was it. Crisis averted!

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 5, 2012 at 6:10 pm

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  You’re welcome!