Thanks kLunKr, you’ve been a lot more helpful than the moderator. How can this NOT be a WordPress issue? Whether or not we are using the .com or the .org accounts, we are all WordPress users. I came onto this support forum because I had the same question. I’ve been a regular WordPress.com blogger and recently started a self-hosted website. I decided to install a WordPress blog onto my website because I really like the platform. I didn’t realize however that moving to my self-hosted account would prevent me from networking with other bloggers in the .com domaine. I was looking to see if there was a way around this. Any ideas?