Online Bullying on my Blog

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  npres · Member · Jun 14, 2013 at 10:47 pm

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  I am getting bullied on my blog with non-stop comments that keep coming in from fake names/email addresses. This has been going on for over a week now and I am being called all sorts of names (over nothing but food recipes!) and harassed. I’m not sure what to do as I believe this is just one person attacking me from all different names and email addresses.

  Thanks,
  Ashley Presciutti
  (555)###-####
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  timethief · Member · Jun 14, 2013 at 10:55 pm

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  Set your blog comments up for full moderation and blog on knowing nothing can be posted to the blog unless you approve it.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation

  Mark only spam as spam and send all Trash to the Trash bin.
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/06/08/blogger-under-attack/
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/05/24/keeping-your-blogging-cool/

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  timethief · Member · Jun 14, 2013 at 10:58 pm

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  I’m not sure what to do as I believe this is just one person attacking me from all different names and email addresses.

  What’s key here is your response not what’s being sent to you. No one else can see what’s sent to you and who gives a flying fig what any troll may have to say? Send all Trash to the Trash bin and don’t blog about the Trash you receive. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/how-to-starve-a-troll/

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  timethief · Member · Jun 14, 2013 at 11:01 pm

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  Oh for pity sake! I am sorry. I was so eager to help you calm down that I made the classic error of not verifying whether or not the blog is a free hosted WordPress.com blog and it isn’t.

  That is not a free hosted WordPress.com blog and we do not provide support for it. You need support for WordPress.org software and you are posting to the wrong support forum.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate and have separate logins. If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.