I am not sure on which forum this needs to be posted but hopefully you will be able to help me. I recently migrated from wp.com to wp.org hosted by Godaddy. It will be same blog but with a new design and layout. I am still working on it so I have not officially launched the new look version but before I do that, I have a few questions:

1.) Will my current followers and email subscribers on wp.com automatically follow the new blog once the 'old' one (wp.com version) has been redirected to my new blog?

2.) Will my blog posts still appear in the 'reader' section of wp.com for those who currently follow my wp.com blog?

3.) How do I transfer my email subscribers to my new blog location?

4.) Can people and other wp.com users still 'follow' me (by clicking on the button that currently appears in wp.com?

I hope this makes sense. I am nearing the end of my designing and implementation of the new look blog so want to make sure of this info before I redirect my wp.com to the new one.

As always, your help will be greatly appreciated. :-)