WordPress.com is made up of a huge community of passionate bloggers, and there’s no shortage of ways to get connected to like-minded people.
Find friends who use WordPress
Curious to see how your friends are using WordPress? Give the Friend Finder a whirl!
After authorizing WordPress.com to use your Twitter, Facebook, or Google account to find your friends (don’t worry — none of this account information is saved!) you’ll see a list of people you know who have WordPress sites.
Click Follow and each time your friend publishes a new post it will show up in your Reader under Blogs I Follow.
Explore the best of WordPress.com
Discover what some of the most talented WordPressers are creating by browsing Freshly Pressed, the section of the WordPress.com homepage where we feature about 10 hand-picked posts each weekday.
You can also discover new blogs by browsing our Recommended Blogs:
Start following blogs you like
Your reader displays all the posts across all the blogs you follow in the order they were published, with the most recent content appearing at the top:
Click 
in the toolbar at the top of any WordPress.com site (you must be logged in to see it) to add new blogs to your reader (you’ll also receive email notifications of new posts). You can even follow blogs that aren’t on WordPress.com.
See what bloggers are saying about your favorite topics
If you want to see what people are saying about your hometown, favorite sports team, or a concert you attended last night, add any topic to your reader using the box in the bottom left corner:
You can add as many topic streams to your reader as you like. You’ll notice frequent updates being published under general topics like “art” and “books,” but you can also add more specific topics like “Picasso” or “J. K. Rowling.”
Make your content easy for others to discover
So how do you get your content to appear on topic streams in the reader?
The first step is to add tags (or categories) to your posts. For example, if you’re posting a recipe for apple pie, you could tag it under “pie,” “baking,” “apple,” and “recipe.” A tag like “sweet” is too vague, and super specific tags like “pan” and “Granny Smiths” aren’t useful. If you’re having trouble choosing tags, try thinking about what tags you would search for if you wanted to find a similar post.
You can add tags before or after you publish a post using the Post Tags module to the right of the editor:
In most cases, there’s no need to assign more than a handful of tags per post. In fact, the more tags you use, the less likely it is that your post will be included in topic streams (because you don’t want irrelevant content showing up there, and neither do we), so don’t get too carried away.
Secondly, be sure to post high quality content that doesn’t violate our advertising policy. Check the support document for more information about using tags appropriately. Also, keep in mind that if your blog is new, it may take a few days for your content to start appearing in topic streams.
Need help? We’ve got your back
If you’re looking for answers to technical questions, the Support section covers just about everything under the WordPress.com sun. This should be your first destination.
If you’re still stuck after checking the Support documents, you can post your question to the Forums. The community here is insanely active, and you’ll often find that someone answers your question really quickly.
Finally, if none of that has helped you, we have a 24/7 support team that will do their best to reply to any questions you have about WordPress.com as fast as they can. Bear in mind that this might take a little longer than the other methods above, since the WordPress community spans millions of people worldwide.
Additional Resources
WordPress.com’s Blog (yes, we have our own!)
Five Ways to get Featured on Freshly Pressed
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