Getting followed by deleted blogs

marcuslaurie · Member · Mar 5, 2015 at 8:23 pm
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Hello, very new to wordpress but I have started receiving likes and follows from blogs which, when I click on them to have a look, I am informed have been deleted by the authors. Any clue as to why this is? Some kind of spam?

Thanks a lot,

Ben

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timethief · Member · Mar 5, 2015 at 8:25 pm
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It could be. Anyone with a WordPress.com/gravatar account can log in and click like buttons and. I don’t place much value on likes as there are many like button spammers.
marcuslaurie · Member · Mar 5, 2015 at 8:26 pm
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update on this, the blog who followed me is one I just followed and commented on but the name of the blog is different to that which comes up in my notifications window?! Not sure what’s going on there
timethief · Member · Mar 5, 2015 at 8:29 pm
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Blogs don’t follow blogs. https://en.support.wordpress.com/following/ Username accounts do that and some with username accounts will have active blogs linked to their usernames, some will have deleted blogs linked to them, and some won’t have any blog linked at all.
marcuslaurie · Member · Mar 5, 2015 at 8:32 pm
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Ah thank you, I understand what you’re saying and I apologise for my lack of literacy in the proper terms. Your explanation makes perfect sense though thank you.
timethief · Member · Mar 5, 2015 at 8:33 pm
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You’re welcome and best wishes with your blog.

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