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  desgw · Member · Mar 3, 2017 at 11:20 am

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  One screen says 61 sites, but the reader only show 32. Shy?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Mar 3, 2017 at 5:07 pm

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  Hi –

  Are you asking about the sites you are following or the folks following your site?

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  desgw · Member · Mar 4, 2017 at 1:55 am

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  Liz (Happiness Engineer)

  To answer your question, it is sites I am following.

  Here is what happened. I thought I wasn’t getting update on a blog I was following so I entered by email address to get updates and got the message shown below. It is strange because I never opted out.

  “The email address has opted out of subscription emails.
  You can manage your preferences at subscribe.wordpress.com

  Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Your email will be kept private and not used for any other purpose.

  Email Address “

  When I click the link “subscribe.wordpress.com” I get the following showing:

  “Subscription Management

  Sites (61)
  Comments (1)
  Settings
  You can now manage the blogs you follow in the WordPress.com Reader.”

  This says 61 sites.
  When I click on “WordPress.com Reader” I get the following showing:

  “Sites
  32
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  Drop-N-Roll
  http://www.drop-n-roll.com
  Following
  More
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  Lady on a Rock
  ladyonarock.com
  Following
  More
  Walking With Wired
  walkingwithwired.com
  Following
  More
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  PopUpBackpacker.com
  popupbackpacker.com
  Following
  More
  Skipper and Flipper
  skipperandflipper.wordpress.com
  Following
  More
  Serial Nomad
  serialnomad.com
  Following
  More
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  http://thingstolucat.com/
  thingstolucat.com
  Following
  More
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  The Ultimate Hang
  theultimatehang.com
  Following
  More
  Free Outside
  freeoutside.com
  Following
  More
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  semi-rad.com
  semi-rad.com
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  letshike2
  letshike2.wordpress.com
  Following
  More
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  unbound routes
  unboundroutes.com
  Following
  More
  Ultralight and Comfortable
  ultralightandcomfortable.com
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  2 More Miles…
  2moremiles.com
  Following
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  The Roaming Bobcat
  roamingbobcat.com
  Following
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  The Hiker Mama
  http://www.thehikermama.com
  Following
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  Traveling Matt & The Adventures of Sunrise Chatterbox
  namamyos.wordpress.com
  Following
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  Switchback Kids
  switchbackkids.com
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  Brown Girl on the (P)CT
  browngirlonthepct.com
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  Darwin Onthetrail
  darwinonthetrail.com
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  Camping Stoves and Other Gear Reviews
  somecampingstoves.wordpress.com
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  Her Odyssey
  her-odyssey.org
  Following
  More
  Streams

  Followed Sites
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  This lists 32 sites. Somehow last night I was able to get to a screen that let me see additional pages listing more sites, but I am not able to duplicate that.

  In summary:

  1. I think I am following 61 sites, but can only see 32
  2. When I sign up for a site I already follow, I get a message saying I oped out when I didn’t opt out.

  Thanks,

  David Schoessow

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 7, 2017 at 3:30 pm

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  Hi there,

  It appears that for a large number of site you’re following, you signed up to follow those sites via email while NOT logged into your WordPress.com account. That’s why they are not showing in your Reader list. You should be receiving email notifications from them, but they won’t appear in your Reader feed.

  To follow those sites in the Reader as well, go to this page:

  https://wordpress.com/following/edit

  In the box at the very top, type/paste the URL of a site not appearing in your Reader list but that is at subscribe.wordpress.com, and click Follow.

  You will need to check them one by one, though. We don’t have any way to do this automatically – it actually took me quite a bit of digging to figure out what’s going on as this is a very rare occurrence :)