How To Block Blogger Followers
Posted by Ching Ya | Posted in Blogger Tips |
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I have been asked a couple of times this week about how to block a blogger follower. Although it’s not common to hear somebody disliking blog followers, but some claimed that they are not comfortable to have unrecognized individual with strange or no bio details whatsoever to appear publicly on their followers’ list.
The steps are rather easy,
Here’s How:
1. Log in to your Blogger Account.
2. In the Dashboard section, click at the ‘Followers‘ option (in this case, 1 Follower).
3. Locate the follower you wish to Block. Click at his picture thumbnail to bring up the below commands: ‘Block This User‘. Click it, and confirm by ‘Block’.
You will notice the drop of your followers’ count immediately.
4. In case you’ve changed your mind, bring him back anytime you wish by using the ‘Unblock this user’ command.
Hope this tutorial helps.
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Hey ,
I am so happy to see how that stuff works . Its so cool now to work on facebook and tweet together . Thanks
Regards
Sudeep
Hi Sudeep,
Glad you think so. Yeah, it is kinda cool. Seeing how fast technology has improved over the time. Thanks for you comment, hope to see you again sometimes. ^^
Hey ching
I am just waiting for the day when I get really pissed and say-”oh(grrrr) one more follower, let me block him/her (intended to be read in an angry tone)…
Nah, I would never have the heart to do that… but you never know something wierd might just come up, I will keep this post in mind…
So, I have joined twitter and you are my first real follower (a person that I know somewhat), still trying to get used to it though…
One more thing this post appears below your previous post but in my dashboard it shows that this is your latest post- intended to be that way???
Too bad you can’t force them to be a private follower, that way you don’t lose the follower count and keep the stranger hidden.
~ Kristi
Hi Mukund,
ha.. I'll join you with that remark. Always glad to have a new follower. However, I do realize some readers concern about the 'unknown' identity and pop up the question. Hopefully this post will ease their mind for now.
Yes, it's meant to be up before we're looking at Facebook & Twitter holding hands. Think I mess up the published-date. Thanks for noticing .
Looks like you're enjoying Twitter so far? Hope you got the embed gadget you need? Let me know if you need any help. ^^
Hi Kristy,
Yes, I do feel the same way. Sadly the ‘private’ following choice is only up to them. If only..
Same feeling when I’m hoping that Blogger would allow comment-editting, especially for some who’s 1 paragraph for voicing their opinions, but 2 long paragraphs on promoting their own site.. sigh..
Thanks for your visit. Always a pleasure to have you here.
You have a great informational blog!! Wow–tons of useful informaton:)Glad you found mine. I’ll be back!
Hi Terri,
Welcome and great to see you.
Glad you enjoyed your first visit here. Really looking forward to seeing you again.
Have a wonderful day !
If I block a follower, I understand that they can still read my blog, but does blocking then not send them an email when I post? I feel invaded by someone, but I think if I’m out of sight, I’m out of mind.
Callen,
In Blogger, through the steps above the person will be invisible from your follower’s list. However, the person can still follow your blog updates if not through following, then feed subscription.
If the feed is to be sent to him via email, delete him from the email listing will prevent him from receiving the email updates. However, if Google Reader etc then I’m afraid he/she will still be able to catch up your updates no matter.
We can’t really stop someone from reading our blogs unless you make it a private site, only accessible to limited readers. Unfortunately that’s not a good option if you plan to go big with your blog.
I want to delete the follower on my blog. I would like to be able to tell someone that I never want to see any followers on my blog. I have very built up my readership and I am very pleased with it. I just don’t need followers messing up the works.
How do I get rid of the whole shebang?
.-= Joseph Martel´s last blog ..The Kiss of Death has arrived. =-.
Joseph,
You can remove the followers gadget in your Layout Settings.
I have now deleted all the gadgets including the archives. There are none there that I can see. The follower is still there and the flag on the dashboard. And nothing can be done to get rid of it.
Google says they cannot do anything about it. Blogger says they cannot do anything about it. The follower department of Blogger says they are doing me a big favor. Well, How about that?
Thanks for these easy-to-follow steps. I finally decided to go ahead and show my followers on my blog, and there was a follower with a porn profile pic (and “adult content” blogs). NOT what I wanted on my site! I appreciated being able to remove that particular user from my listing (don’t mind if they read my stuff, but don’t want their content on my site!).
Jen,
I’m glad the post can help.
I think so too, it’s better to keep a watch of the list from time to time. Thanks for letting me know it works for you.