WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Receive a notification with new subscribers http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/receive-a-notification-with-new-subscribers WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Receive a notification with new subscribers en Thu, 23 May 2013 11:50:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 delaneydiamond on "Receive a notification with new subscribers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/receive-a-notification-with-new-subscribers#post-942346 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:08:20 +0000 delaneydiamond 942346@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Timethief, no one jumped to conclusions. Please read my entire post. The box for "Someone follows my blog" is still checked in my settings, but, per WordPress Support, "the notifications system has changed to alert you only when the new follower has an established account here on WordPress.com or on Gravatar."

]]> timethief on "Receive a notification with new subscribers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/receive-a-notification-with-new-subscribers#post-942202 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:17:26 +0000 timethief 942202@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Please do not leap to conclusions. There could simply be an issue with notifcations being sent and received and concluding something has been eliminated when tere is no factual basis to conclude that isn't helpful.

Have you folks confirmed your settings on this page?
> Settings > Discussion
Email me whenever:
_Anyone posts a comment
_A comment is held for moderation
_Someone likes one of my posts
_Someone reblogs one of my posts
_Someone follows my blog

Please slo confirm the email address you used when registering your WordPress.com account listed in:

the Settings tab on the WordPress.com home page, or
Users -> Personal Settings in your dashboard
http://en.support.wordpress.com/email-notifications/

]]> mdrsilverstrandnews on "Receive a notification with new subscribers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/receive-a-notification-with-new-subscribers#post-942158 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:46:14 +0000 mdrsilverstrandnews 942158@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I agree 100%. They should restore this function.

]]> ageofthediary on "Receive a notification with new subscribers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/receive-a-notification-with-new-subscribers#post-934923 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:55:15 +0000 ageofthediary 934923@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I just noticed this too. I so agree. I hope they bring back the notifications for new followers.

]]> oncallpr on "Receive a notification with new subscribers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/receive-a-notification-with-new-subscribers#post-911108 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:53:58 +0000 oncallpr 911108@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Absolutely! Not nice of WP and so self serving it is to be rebuked.

]]> delaneydiamond on "Receive a notification with new subscribers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/receive-a-notification-with-new-subscribers#post-891634 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:56:27 +0000 delaneydiamond 891634@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I took a look at the number of subscribers to my blog and realized that even though I hadn't received any notifications in over a month, I had new subscribers. I sent a question to wordpress support, asking why that was and if I needed to turn on a function on the site that I'd somehow turned off (I thought I'd done something wrong).

This was the reply:
"We recently changed how notifications for new followers works. In the past you would have received a message stating you had a new follower, but unless the new follower had their own account on Gravatar or WordPress, we had no way of confirming their identity. The notifications system has changed to alert you only when the new follower has an established account here on WordPress.com or on Gravatar."

I don't know the reasoning why confirming their identity is so important to the notification process, but I think it's a really, really, really bad idea. I WANT to know when I have new subscribers, particularly since I run contests and participate in blog hops to gain new ones. Once I receive the alert, I send my subscribers an email with freebie information as a "thank you" for following.

So, to the powers that be, please turn this function back on. This is the type of function available with other subscription services, such as MailChimp. I shouldn't have to keep checking in to see if I have new subscribers. If people complained about it, then make it a function that is optional, which can be turned on or off with a check box. That way, those of us who found it useful can still use it.

Thanks.

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