how to I get rid of an unwanted follower?
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how to delete a follower
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Timethief has written some really helpful guides on this, however I believe that if your blog is set as public (http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/), anyone can view it.
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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/
To change blog visibility to Private go to Dashboard > Settings > Reading scroll to Site Visibility and choose option 3
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/You don’t need an upgrade of any kind at all to invite multiple people to contribute to a private blog. See:
adding users http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/
user roles http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/
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-moderationFor 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. In fact for over a decade only about 30% of us have IPs that trace back to any individual computer. 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.
Our reality is that if the ability to remove or followers existed our time would be squandered on removing unwanted followers because anyone can get a new email address and or a new IP in seconds flat and then they can subscribe again to any public blog they were removed from.
If someone has an inappropriate rating for a Gravatar image, please log into to Gravatar and use the “Report Abuse” link on their Gravatar profile bottom right hand corner to let Staff know.
Also note that on this page > Settings > Discussion if you scroll down you will find you can set a Maximum Rating for gravatar display on your blog.
G — Suitable for all audiences
PG — Possibly offensive, usually for audiences 13 and above
R — Intended for adult audiences above 17
X — Even more mature than aboveIf the follower has an inappropriate blog hosted here at WordPress.com, you can also report that to us so we can deal with that: Report Mature or Spam Blogs http://en.support.wordpress.com/report-blogs/
WordPress.COM Staff are responsible only for enforcing the Terms of Service http://en.wordpress.com/tos/ and policies found in the support docs made under it, when applied to blogs hosted by WordPress.COM only. http://en.support.wordpress.com/
Terms of Service complaints are matters that are not discussed on these public support forums that are available to all with internet access.
Provided you have specific grounds to complain about what any blogger has published about you on a blog hosted by WordPress.COM, you need to file a complaint and submit it to WordPress.COM Terms of Service Staff. Please read these so you know how to proceed:
http://en.wordpress.com/complaints/
http://en.wordpress.com/abuse/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/disputes/legal-guidelines/Please see this Staff reply concerning spam followers:
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/a-follower-who-just-linked-my-blog?replies=31#post-2183095
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