How to manage followers

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  zookthezinger · Member · Mar 14, 2012 at 4:32 am

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  How do I delete followers once they sign up. I have a follower who is getting four copies of each post. He likes my stuff, but…

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 14, 2012 at 4:34 am

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  He needs to use this link to report the problem to Staff. You cannot do this for him.

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  rudegarden · Member · Apr 11, 2012 at 8:06 pm

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  WordPress, this ought to be taken care of. I don’t want some of the followers I’ve got either because they’re tantamount to spam.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 11, 2012 at 8:11 pm

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  No we cannot block or delete subscribers from public blogs. 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 and no comment submitted can be posted to your blog without your approval. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation If your blog is public others can, of course, read it. They can submit comments but you can Moderate all comments and choose which ones to approve or not.

  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. 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.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-blacklist

  One other thing I would suggest is to set your blog so that first time commenters are held in moderation till approved, then from that point forward they will not need approval. Settings > Discussion. The next step on that of course is to set it so that all comments are held in moderation until approved. That way you are in control, and they might just get tired and go elsewhere after a while.