Followers
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I am told by people who would like to follow my blog that they must create a wordpress account, like they’re creating a website, in order to do so. Most don’t bother as it’s too time consuming. Others who are email followers can’t like or comment on posts. Am I missing something? Is this a wordpress thing? How can I fix that?
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All your viewers need to comment is an email address.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/re: like button use
Just like any other place with a like button, for example, Facebook, one has to register a username account and be logged in to be able to use it. All that’s required to register a WordPress.COM account is a valid email address. And many of us do not choose to activate like buttons on our sites. https://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/If you assume that like button clicks are an accurate and true reflection of engagement then you are not aware of how many like button spammers there are. They click the like buttons on other sites for traffic driving purposes ie. simply so visitors will click their gravatars and visit their sites.
Bottom line: The value of a like button click in no way compares to the value of a thoughtful comment.
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P.S. Visitors to your blog can use their Facebook or Twitter account to leave comments https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/post-comments-twitter-facebook/
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