My stats are dropping, did my blog get blocked as "mature?"

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  svartwulf · Member · Sep 2, 2012 at 3:51 pm

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  my hits are going down, did my blog get listed as mature? I was reading over at the blog Cassie being Cassie that she’d noticed a large drop in hits and discovered it was because her blog had been listed mature due to a post or two commenting on sex. I am curious is this has happened to me as well, since I’ve noticed a sharp drop in hits to my blog, and that I no long show up on any of the tags lists.
  Blog url: http://aheathenspath.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Sep 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

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  Only Staff can answer your question about your blog. What follows may be useful:

  Read http://en.support.wordpress.com/mature-content/

  “Adult” or mature content blogs are allowed but pornography is not allowed.
  From the TOS http://en.wordpress.com/tos/
  Please don’t:
  •Post explicit sexual materials that can be considered pornographic, such as explicit images or video of sexual acts or close-up images of genitalia;
  •Post links or banner ads to adult-oriented affiliate networks, such as pornography site signups;
  •Post links, text, or images promoting or advertising escort services;
  •Post images of extreme violence or gore without associated context or commentary;
  •Post images of child pornography;
  •Post content that promotes pedophilia, such as blogs with galleries of images of children where the images, content surrounding the images, or the intent of the blog is sexually suggestive.

  This reply by Markel who is on the TOS Staff at WordPress.com may also give you some insights. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-exactly-are-the-porn-standards?replies=9#post-840974

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 3, 2012 at 9:05 pm

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  Your blog isn’t mature, and your stats really haven’t dropped either. You’re still well within your daily average of 58 visits.

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 3, 2012 at 9:10 pm

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  With fewer than about 150-200 hits daily, you’re going to see huge volatility if you express it as a percentage. A variation of 20 or so hits a day in a blog with less than 100 a day is just background noise.

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  svartwulf · Member · Sep 3, 2012 at 9:53 pm

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  Alright, then how come none of my posts are showing up in the Reader?

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 3, 2012 at 9:55 pm

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  Totally different issue. If you do a forum search, you’ll see it’s been answered hundreds of times.