Follower
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I have a wordpress follower but can’t open his/her profile nor can I follow him/her…. How come?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Is this person a WordPress.COM member?
If so then what is their username?
What is the URL linked to their username please? -
Know that we cannot personally identify followers.
Our WordPress.COM blog followers (includes Publicize) and are found here https://wordpress.com/my-stats/?blog_subscribers
Our email only blog post followers are found here https://wordpress.com/my-stats/?blog_subscribers&type=email -
It just says emiLy, it’s a wordpress.com member and when I open the url I received in the e-mail I land on this site (don’t know if it’s just advertising) … http://en.gravatar.com/emi4y1228
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Oh dear, just ignore that spam follower please. She has been reported to Staff previously by others. Sadly, we can not remove spam followers who click like buttons on our posts and pages simply to draw traffic back to their own sites.
We cannot block or delete subscribers from public blogs but we can control which comments we approve and post. Everyone on the internet can view and follow any public blog. That is in fact what the public designation means and anyone anyone with internet access can follow your public blog’s RSS Feed.
You can change your blog visibility to “private” http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/ Please read this about public blogs that become private blogs > Blog Privacy and Subscribers > http://wpcommaven.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/blog-privacy-and-subscribers/
Note that you have complete control over everything that’s posted to your blog via comment moderation
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderationYou don’t have to post any comment on your blog. Delete troll posts http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/how-to-starve-a-troll/
and mark only spam as spam. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/01/24/mark-only-spam-as-spam/I tagged this thread for Staff so they know this “Emily” a spam follower is still at it. Please subscribe to it so you are notified when they respond. Note there is a backlog so you will have to wait patiently for Staff help. To subscribe:
1. Look in the sidebar of this thread and find the subscribe to topics link.
2. Or look below the comment box for this: _ Notify me of followup posts via e-mail -
Hi there,
It is possible for spammers to follow your blog, although it isn’t something you need to worry about.
Pretty much the only thing they have to gain by following you is getting you to visit or follow their blog through the notification email.
That having been said, this particular “follower” is being reviewed by our Terms of Service department.
Hope that helps explain things. Do let us know if you have any follow up questions.
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