Is there a way to allow followers to post an image in a Comment?

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  juliathomasphotography · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 2:18 pm

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  Hi!! I have created a blog about photography and would like my followers to be able to share their photos on the site. How can I accomplish this?
  Thanks tons!

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

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  timethief · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 6:07 pm

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  Provided your followers post URLs to images that are hosted by a server somewhere online into their comments, then you can approve and display them. http://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/embeds/

  Note that you can create official blog users. You can invite others to be Authors and they can upload images into their own posts.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/

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  juliathomasphotography · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 6:44 pm

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  Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question. I have also created a Menu that links to my FB page for people to post pictures on (that was my temporary fix :)). I wish Word press would allow people to upload a photo easily on the comments section without having to have a URL…
  Enjoy the day and thanks again!

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  timethief · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 6:57 pm

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  I do not think you understand this. We cannot control who followers our public blogs and we cannot block or remove followers. And, here’s a reality check. The vast and overwhelming majority of all so-called information on the internet is spam. Over 80% of all so-called comments submitted to .wordpress.com blogs every day are spam. If followers could post images into comments then our blogs would be full of porno.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 6:58 pm

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  without having to have a URL

  Also in order to display any image on any blog it has to be hosted on a web server somewhere online. Are you clear on that?

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  juliathomasphotography · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 7:38 pm

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  Yup! Got it. It made sense the first time. I understand the URL concept and I see your point about not having the ability to post pictures on a comment and the Spam issue. The only think I wasn’t aware of is not blocking followers on our blogs. I have mine set up that only the comments etc that I approve are posted on my blog. Then, once the person has been approved, they can post from that point on.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 8:01 pm

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  Best wishes with your blog. :)

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  juliathomasphotography · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 8:02 pm

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  Thanks again for your expertise!