{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso/issues/921","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso/issues/921/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso/issues/921/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso/issues/921/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/issues/921","id":119336841,"number":921,"title":"Reader: error \"Sorry, we couldn't follow this site\" when trying to follow some sites","user":{"login":"designsimply","id":1119271,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1119271?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/designsimply","html_url":"https://github.com/designsimply","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/designsimply/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/designsimply/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/designsimply/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/designsimply/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/designsimply/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/designsimply/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/designsimply/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/designsimply/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/designsimply/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso/labels/Reader","name":"Reader","color":"006b75"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso/labels/[Pri]%20Low","name":"[Pri] Low","color":"fef2c0"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso/labels/[Type]%20Bug","name":"[Type] Bug","color":"e11d21"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso/milestones/40","html_url":"https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/milestones/Reader:%20Bug%20Backlog","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso/milestones/40/labels","id":1437662,"number":40,"title":"Reader: Bug Backlog","description":"Reader bugs that we've decided to fix.\r\n\r\nThis is a bucket milestone and not date driven. It serves to hold issues until we decide to actively work on them. When bugs are worked on, they should be moved to the current Reader iteration milestone.\r\n\r\nThis milestone contains the backlog of bugs in the Reader. These have been confirmed and should be fixed, hopefully in priority order. \r\n\r\nEnhancements and new features should not be part of this milestone.","creator":{"login":"blowery","id":14350,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14350?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/blowery","html_url":"https://github.com/blowery","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blowery/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blowery/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blowery/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blowery/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blowery/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blowery/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blowery/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blowery/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blowery/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"open_issues":18,"closed_issues":2,"state":"open","created_at":"2015-12-01T15:04:01Z","updated_at":"2016-01-21T21:12:08Z","due_on":null,"closed_at":null},"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-11-29T04:53:04Z","updated_at":"2016-02-18T14:03:47Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Steps to reproduce:\r\n\r\n1. Go to https://wordpress.com/read/blog/id/36117170 or https://wordpress.com/read/blog/id/20465148\r\n1. Click the Follow link in the header \r\n\r\n<strong>Result:</strong> the site cannot be followed and the following error appears above each card:\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Sorry, we couldn't follow this site. Please try again in a while.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nNotes and screenshots from kriskarkoski\r\n\r\n![screen shot 2015-09-03 at 10 57 57 am](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1900444/9661852/a97d30c2-522a-11e5-843b-bbf210ed795d.png)\r\n\r\n> When I try follow from those links I do see this issue. I also noticed both feeds appear to be inactive, stopping in 2014 and 2011 respectively. If I click the title and visit the sites I can follow them successfully from the action bar. Here's are links from my Edit Following page:\r\n> \r\n> https://wordpress.com/read/blog/id/77772601/\r\n> https://wordpress.com/read/blog/id/22158974/"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso/issues/comments/185735633","html_url":"https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/issues/921#issuecomment-185735633","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Automattic/wp-calypso/issues/921","id":185735633,"user":{"login":"andreabadgley","id":9036382,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9036382?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/andreabadgley","html_url":"https://github.com/andreabadgley","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/andreabadgley/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/andreabadgley/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/andreabadgley/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/andreabadgley/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/andreabadgley/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/andreabadgley/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/andreabadgley/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/andreabadgley/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/andreabadgley/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-02-18T14:03:47Z","updated_at":"2016-02-18T14:03:47Z","body":"For context, in case others come across this error, users may get the same message when trying to follow too many sites too quickly, and/or when following above a certain threshold of follows that the Reader supports (>2000 subscriptions). \r\n\r\nIn 2544784-t, for example, a user is following more than 78,000 sites, and was showing the \"Sorry, we couldn't follow this site. Please try again in a while,\" error when trying to follow some sites. It is likely the user was given the error due to trying to follow too many sites too quickly. Then when trying to find subscriptions in Follow Sites > Manage, the user gets squirrelly results because of the large number of sites being followed.\r\n\r\n(@blowery, if I misrepresented any of that, please feel free to correct me :-) )"}}