Why can't a friend sign up to follow my blog?

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    rheahirshman · Member ·

    I’ve just invited a number of people to follow my new blog. Some have signed up with no trouble, but one friend got a message asking for her user name and password. What’s that about? Why would she need to set up an account to follow a blog? I thought that anyone could follow a blog; I have not put on any restrictions. Please advise. Thanks.

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

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    alexjgustafson · Member ·

    Hi Rhea,

    With the email sent to Follow the blog, we provide the opportunity to sign up for WordPress.com, but it’s entirely optional.

    When you invite an email address to be a follower, the email sent looks like this:

    If they do not have a WordPress.com account, clicking Accept brings them here:

    This lets them follow via email, without a WordPress.com account.

    The situation you described makes it sound like someone had been logged into WordPress.com, but with an account that uses a different email. This can happen often if several people share that computer.

    If they’ve not successfully followed you, could you suggest to them to right-click the Accept button from their email, copy the link address, then paste that URL into their browser?

    Or you send them a link to your site directly, and have them use the Follow-by-email widget here:

    -Alex G.

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