Need help with suspicious comments
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I am getting suspicious comments from a recent blog subscriber. Here’s the content of the latest, which was sent this morning. It’s the third such message I have received; the first two were all-caps interrogations with a non-sequiter closing (see January 14 comments for the first exchange) Here is the text of the comment, followed by the URL of my blog. I don’t know how to handle this, as it seems highly unusual. Needless to say, I have sent NO emails to this person. How can I unsubscribe them from my blog? The blog I need help with is http://defeatdespair.wordpress.com Thanks, copied comments follow:
Text of suspicious comment:
Phyllishalle
(email visible only to moderators and staff)
74.125.82.195
Submitted on 2014/02/13 at 11:16 am*You started emailing me. I don’t know who you are, all I know is that you gave me a smart alec response to a serious question. Tell me who you are or stop emailing me!*
*Go **d Bless you! Love, Phyllis*
It takes courage
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Select comment Phyllishalle
(email visible only to moderators and staff)
209.85.212.193
Submitted on 2014/02/13 at 7:24 am*Who are you? * *Do I know you?*
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Many spammers & trolls just lie and bait you – get questions on my site all the time about how to subscribe (click on the Subscribe Button moron) – and on and on
Make sure your comments are set to moderate so the comments don’t slip through – and delete them or mark as spam as appropriate – do not engage with them
Dashboard >> Settings >> Discussions >> Comments Must be approved by a Moderator
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Hi, thanks for the responses. kardotim, I do moderate my comments as auxclass suggested, so I did not publish it at all. However, it occurred to me that this person may have been subscribed to my blog by someone else and not realize how to unsubscribe. I sent them (through a blind email address) an individual email explaining that I did not have the power to unsubscribe them, that is something they would need to do. I also asked them to find out more about how blogging works, including blog etiquette. I really think it might have been just a clueless person who somehow subscribed (or got subscribed) to my blog without knowing how to stop it. We’ll see what happens from here on in.
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I think that email subscriptions are “Opt In” to prevent people from being subscribed to a blog by a prankster –
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