Make it easier to invite people to view private blogs.

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  stellanetcomm2012 · Member · Aug 12, 2012 at 2:50 pm

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  I would like to suggest that you make it easier for people to view private blogs. People want different levels of privacy available to them online, facebook has adapted to this, I don’t see why wordpress hasn’t.
  In the long-term you will have more users and more hits if they have more freedom to use the site the way that they want to.
  It’s difficult to invite people to view your blog, it’s difficult to accept them, there are no notifications when someone requests access, and it’s almost impossible to find someone’s username OR email that they use for wordpress on their blogs…

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

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  thegiddygoat · Member · Aug 12, 2012 at 2:54 pm

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  If you want more users and more hits then have a public blog. I already answered you in your previous thread anyway. Please don’t start new threads on the same subject.

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  stellanetcomm2012 · Member · Aug 12, 2012 at 2:58 pm

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  This is in the suggestions section right? Its regarding the same issue, that I posted in support…but I thought I would put my ideas in the suggestions? Is that not okay?

  Also, It’s not that I want more users and more hits…I want my content to be private but I want to be able to choose a certain GROUP of people to view my blog.

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  thegiddygoat · Member · Aug 12, 2012 at 2:59 pm

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  No, this is a help forum, and i gave you the answer to what you are asking. I can do no more than that.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Aug 12, 2012 at 4:07 pm

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  @stellanetcomm2012,

  You are correct: the Ideas Forum is a sort of suggestion box.

  As things are now, your question has been answered twice already.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/allowing-users-access-to-private-blogs?replies=7#post-968479
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-invite-people-to-view-your-private-site?replies=6#post-974339

  Repeatedly posting the same question will not change the advice provided by us volunteers. For the most part this is a peer to peer support forum—we are your fellow bloggers and can do no more than you can about the “behind the scenes” operations of WordPress.com. Staff does regularly check these forums and I’m sure they will see your suggestion here.

  Further discussion here is not useful so I’ll close this topic.