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  sugartalk · Member · Oct 12, 2012 at 9:11 pm

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  Hello,

  Has WordPress changed how the number of followers is calculated? I ask because I used to have 188 followers. When I checked the other day, it had dropped to 36. I can’t imagine my writing has gotten so bad or infrequent that I would lose that many followers!

  Thank you,
  Rachel
  Blog url: http://sugartalk.wordpress.com/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 12, 2012 at 9:33 pm

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  Were you recently using Publicize through Facebook or Twitter? If so, the total will come back the next time you post.

  Please see this for more details: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/publicize-follower-counts-not-showing-or-showing-incorrectly

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  sugartalk · Member · Oct 12, 2012 at 10:32 pm

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  Not for some time, actually, because I don’t like that there isn’t an option when publishing a post to add a comment for FB before it is publicized on my FB wall. At least that was the case awhile back when I used it. Maybe that has changed. So, instead I’ve just been taking the short link and posting a status update in FB, which allows me to write something about the post as well as provide the link.

  At any rate, I followed the steps in the link you provided and now it looks like the count is back to around what it was previously (higher, even!). Thanks for the help!

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 12, 2012 at 10:35 pm

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  You’re welcome!