Newb confusion/clarification

Nope. .org and .com are 100% separate ?? ipstenu.wordpress.com has zero bearing on ipstenu.org ??

You want to create the account so you can have access to the API (and let your .org site talk to the .com servers).

Right, I understand they are separate. Maybe this question is just specific to the Jetpack plugin. When you start to activate the plugin, you are presented with a screen that says “Jetpack wants to connect (myblog.com) to WordPress.com” “Authorize the Jetpack connection?” with two big buttons to “Deny” or “Authroize Jetpack”

Kind of freaky, in that it doesn’t say anywhere what this connection will actually do.

Probably because it’s much simplier than you’re thinking ??

Your blog needs to use an API to talk to WordPress.com in order to use Jetpack. The API will send data back and forth, and talk between the .com server and your server.

In order to talk, WordPress.com needs verification that you are you, and your site is your site.

By ‘authorizing’ you are saying ‘Yes, WordPress.com, this is me. I give my server permission to talk to you, and yours to talk to mine.’

You would do the same thing if you wanted to use an integrated Google Analytics software. The API lets you talk back and FORTH with WordPress.com.

Over analyzing, for sure. Still a bit twitchy until I get my bearings – for some things there’s no undo, if you know what I mean. Like open market electricity would have been a great idea if Enron weren’t behind it.

Thanks for the help!

No problem ?? WordPress works best, I feel, when you just get in and start playing. No two people use software the same way, and you have to use these things to get your bearings to be able to say ‘Okay, THIS works, but why…’ soemtimes ??