How do I block unwanted followers on my private blog
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How do I block unwanted followers?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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This blog is not Private http://ghjackson.wordpress.com/
We cannot block or delete subscribers from public blogs. Anyone and everyone can access public blogs and that’s indeed what the public designation means. However, 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 comment moderation. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation If your blog is public others can, of course, read it and they can submit comments but you can Moderate all comments and choose which ones to approve or not.
I suggest you set your blog so that first time commenters are held in moderation until their first comment is approved, then from that point forward they will not need approval. Settings > Discussion. The next step up is to set it so that all comments are held in moderation until approved. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/
For trolls, you can “blacklist” them at Settings > Discussion toward the bottom of that page. Enter their email address, their username, and if they included it, their website URL. That will automatically send them to moderation so that their comments do not appear on the blog. Do note though that if they are determined, they can use a different email address or username to get around that.
Also, do not put their IP address in the blacklist. IP addresses are no longer unique, and you might end up blocking legitimate visitors. Also, all they would have to do is go to a wi-fi hot spot, or connect via a different ISP and they could get around that.
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If you post the URL for a free hosted WordPress.com blog with the visibility set to private, note which subscribers you wish to remove in a comment here, and type modlook into the sidebar of this thread, then Staff can remove them for you.
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I thought I set my blog to be totally private unless I invited others myself to follow it? I understood I had a private blog? Now I find out that my blog it public? How to I get it back to private settings? If I cannot do this I will cancel the blog and remove all information immediately.
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How to I get it back to private settings?
You can change your Privacy Settings via your Settings -> Reading page: http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/
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I cannot get to that readings page to set this feature? I am on my site but navigation is the pits!
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I found it and changed the setting to private. Now how do I block Mr Charisma from following me after he indicated that he would be a follower?
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If you do not specifically Invite someone to read a private blog, they cannot read it, period.
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As raincoaster has said, if you do not invite someone to a private blog, they cannot read it.
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