Messaging followers

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  tarunbali · Member · Mar 29, 2014 at 6:02 pm

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  How do I message my followers directly?

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 29, 2014 at 6:07 pm

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  There is no such direct messaging feature here. Followers are subscribers who provide an email address to receive your posts and that’s the only purpose you can use their email address for when they subscribe. They alone control the frequency of receipt of your posts and you are not in a position to spam their email addresses for any other reason. http://en.support.wordpress.com/followers/

  You can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widgets by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  If you would like a follow button to appear on the bottom right hand corner of your site for those who do not have WordPress.com accounts go to > Settings > Reading and scroll down to Follower Settings:

  These settings change emails sent from your blog to followers.
  Logged out users __ Show follow button to logged out users.

  Checking this will present a follow button to logged out users in the bottom corner of their screen.

  Find Friends Who Use WordPress > http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/find-friends/

  You can customize the contact form with multiple fields, change the email address where you’ll be notified, and mark feedbacks as spam from your dashboard. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

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  tarunbali · Member · Mar 29, 2014 at 6:10 pm

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  I figured. But I kept feeling like I had seen a button that said message followers or something of the sort a while ago. But I guess I was mistaken.

  Thanks though. :)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 29, 2014 at 6:13 pm

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  Staff are testing a live chat for support feature. It’s currently only available to those with Business Bundle upgrades. We have three free workaround forum options: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/04/23/wordpress-com-forum-options/
  One approach is to register a forum on the internet and then create a custom menu in your blog and include a custom link to the forum in it.
  a custom link to the forum in it.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

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