how to stop a particular poster from commenting after having spammed his comment
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I have a troll on my blog and I have spammed all of his comments and he is still able to get past the spam detector and post comments publicly. How do I stop this?
The blog I need help with is http://www.shelbycourtland.wordpress.com
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What I will post below applies only yo wordpress.COM hosted sites.
We cannot totally block or delete subscribers from public WordPress.COM hosted blogs. Anyone and everyone with internet access can view and read public blogs and that’s indeed what the public designation means.
To change blog visibility to Private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3. See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings
Also, 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. See comment blacklist https://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-blacklist
Also, do not put their IP address in the blacklist. IP addresses are no longer unique, and you might end up blocking legitimate visitors. All the blocked person would have to do is go to a wi-fi hot spot, or connect via a different ISP and they could get around that.
Additional information:
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/
re: removing inactive subscribers
Please note that deleting an email address does NOT prevent the same person from subscribing again under the same email address or under a new email address.Therefore, the process of removing subscriber’s email addresses is aimed for use when we have subscribers who want to unsubscribe and who have failed to click the “unsubscribe” link on the bottom of the email updates of our posts they receive. Alternatively, it is aimed for use when email subscribers are “inactive”.
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-unsubscribe-someone-from-my-blog?replies=3#post-2486958
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-unsubscribe-someone-from-my-blog?replies=3#post-2487279 -
I have a troll on my blog and I have spammed all of his comments and he is still able to get past the spam detector and post comments publicly.
Spam is spam and we mark it as such.
Unwanted comments are not spam and sending them to the spam filter is a bad judgment call on your part.
Mark Only Spam as Spam – https://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/mark-only-spam-as-spam/ -
Unwanted comments are spam and they will be relegated to the spam folder. I will be the judge on my own blog as to what is spam and what is not spam. Who do you think you are to tell me about bad judgment when every time I come in here, you have managed to get someone’s back up with your nasty comments intermingled with your advice?
If you have assigned yourself to be helpful, then be helpful, but no one needs your ‘got out of bed on the wrong side everyday’ attitude.
Check it! Because I am not the one! Now, I hope you understand that and understand it well!
A ‘thief’ didn’t just still your time, it also stole any ‘humanity’ you may have had, IF, you ever had any and that’s a big IF!
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Unwanted comments are spam and they will be relegated to the spam folder. I will be the judge on my own blog as to what is spam and what is not spam. Who do you think you are to tell me about bad judgment when every time I come in here, you have managed to get someone’s back up with your nasty comments intermingled with your advice?
We share a common spam filter ie. Akismet and when someone arbitrarily decides that anything that is not commercial spam is spam they are screwing around with the spam filter we all use. Hopefully, that is clear enough for you to comprehend.
One cannot steal anyone else’s humanity. You either are human or you aren’t human.
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From the sticky post at the top of these support forums:
Be aware of your tone and focus. We love positive and productive discussions, so please keep comments on the topics at hand and not on other members of the community.
From beneath each comment box in every forum thread:
We love positive and productive discussions, so please keep comments on the topics at hand and not on other members of the community. Thanks!
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Hi there,
@Timethief already mentioned most of this, but there is no effective way to block subscribers, so it would be ineffective to provide the ability to manually unfollow or unsubscribe a user. A follower could create a new account, username, or e-mail address and refollow the blog. Since IP addresses are dynamic, blocking the address would not work either. Also, other users who are currently on the same IP address might inadvertently be blocked as well.
However, I have a few recommendations: Make sure comment moderation is turned on Settings > Discussion so that all comments have to be approved. That way nothing will get through to the public side of your site without your approval.
Alternatively, you can set your site to private and then invite only those that you desire to view your site.
Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.
Cheers,
Darnell
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