Removing a Follower

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    francisphilip · Member ·

    How can I remove a follower? I have just begun getting followers whose link takes one to a commercial site seeking income. I do not want this. How can I remove a follower from my blog without disturbing my blog?

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    We cannot block or delete subscribers from public blogs. Anyone and everyone can access public blogs and that’s indeed what the public designation means. However, please read this about public blogs that become private blogs > Blog Privacy and Subscribers > http://wpcommaven.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/blog-privacy-and-subscribers/

    Note that you have complete control comment moderation. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation If your blog is public others can, of course, read it and they can submit comments but you can Moderate all comments and choose which ones to approve or not.

    I suggest you set your blog so that first time commenters are held in moderation until their first comment is approved, then from that point forward they will not need approval. Settings > Discussion. The next step up is to set it so that all comments are held in moderation until approved. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

    Mark only spam as spam http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/01/24/mark-only-spam-as-spam/ and delete all troll comments. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/how-to-starve-a-troll/

    For trolls, you can “blacklist” them at Settings > Discussion toward the bottom of that page. Enter their email address, their username, and if they included it, their website URL. That will automatically send them to moderation so that their comments do not appear on the blog. Do note though that if they are determined, they can use a different email address or username to get around that.

    Also, do not put their IP address in the blacklist. IP addresses are no longer unique, and you might end up blocking legitimate visitors. Also, all they would have to do is go to a wi-fi hot spot, or connect via a different ISP and they could get around that.

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    reneegallegos · Member ·

    I have a follower that I would like to block or remove as a follower of my blog posts. He is stalking me outside of my blog. I do not have enough evidence yet to file a restraining order and he will not go away.

    Is it possible to block his email or ability for him to receive any new posts?

    Thanks

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    galois · Member ·

    See above

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    timethief · Member ·

    @reneegallegos
    Please always read threads before posting into them. Provided you are using the term correctly stalking is a criminal offence that means someone is actually on the ground and tracking you where you live. By way of contrast there are no laws preventing anyone from tracking you online just as all advertisers and marketers datamining operations do.

    Nothing changes what I posted above. If and only if you have grounds for making an official complaint to Terms of Service Staff then know these matters are not discussed on public support forums available to everyone with internet access as this one is. See here http://wordpress.com/complaints/

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