Is it usual for spammers to start following blogs ?

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  edgeofblue · Member · Jul 1, 2013 at 9:02 pm

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  I’m being followed by what appears to be two corporations (yes, that’s a weird sentence). Is this normal for spammers to start following blogs? And “no” the content of my blogs is not related to the interests of theses companies.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jul 3, 2013 at 9:53 am

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  Hi there, it is possible, although it isn’t something you need to worry about.

  Pretty much the only thing they have to gain by following you is getting you to visit or follow their blog through the notification email.

  If those followers have blogs that contain spam content, please report it following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/report-blogs/

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  edgeofblue · Member · Jul 3, 2013 at 7:53 pm

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  Thanks for the help; that’s good to know.