I need to block a follower, dangerous!

retirenicaragua · Member · Nov 10, 2013 at 5:44 pm
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I wrote a blog post about a dangerous cult that lives on our island. They have an email address (email visible only to moderators and staff) and they keep following my blog with different names to keep tabs of my whereabouts. I read that I can’t block a follower and they don’t make any comments, so I can’t trash any comments. Please help me…they are very dangerous and I don’t want them following my blog. What options do I have? If I change my blog to WordPress.org can I block followers?

The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
timethief · Member · Nov 10, 2013 at 5:55 pm
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We cannot block or delete subscribers from public blogs. Everyone on the internet can view and follow any public blog. That is in fact what the public designation means and anyone anyone with internet access can follow your public blog’s RSS Feed.

You can change your blog visibility to “private” http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/ 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 over everything that’s posted to your blog via comment moderation
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation

You don’t have to post any comment on your blog. Delete troll posts http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/how-to-starve-a-troll/
and mark only spam as spam. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/01/24/mark-only-spam-as-spam/
timethief · Member · Nov 10, 2013 at 5:56 pm
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If I change my blog to WordPress.org can I block followers?

No. Anyone with internet access can subscribe to the RSS Feed of any public blog.
retirenicaragua · Member · Nov 10, 2013 at 6:11 pm
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Thank you for your response. I suspected that there wasn’t anything I could do. I filed a complaint with their email provider.
timethief · Member · Nov 11, 2013 at 1:31 am
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Good going and best wishes with your blog. Don’t ever let the trolls get to you. Keeping your blogging cool is where it at. If your attacker/defamer is a WordPress.com blogger as well then you will find relevant information at the links in the excerpts in my post here Blogger Under Attack.

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