New followers connected to old WordPress.com account?

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  karmentruong · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 5:58 pm

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  Hi,

  I recently moved from WordPress.com to WordPress.org and have successfully managed to migrate my existing followers to the new site, however, new subscribers seem to automatically be linked to my old wordpress.com site?

  Could anyone walk me through how to fix this problem? Additionally, if I then use the Jetpack migration tool to migrate these new followers, would this overwrite my old followers or just cumulate with the existing follower count on my new wordpress.org site?

  Thanks!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 6:05 pm

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  I will type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Also subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  karmentruong · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 6:12 pm

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  Thank you!

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  karmentruong · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 7:31 pm

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  Sorry, I’ve just edited my domain, the blog I need help with is rookieexperiences.com > rookieexperiences.wordpress.com

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  supernovia · Staff · Mar 2, 2017 at 12:24 am

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  Hi @karmentruong,

  however, new subscribers seem to automatically be linked to my old wordpress.com site?

  It sounds like you’re still getting subscribers from the reader. That should settle down over time, but in the meantime you can re-use the subscriber migration tool as often as needed. The other option is to make the old site private so no one will see it and subscribe. I’d recommend the first option though. :)

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  karmentruong · Member · Mar 2, 2017 at 10:36 am

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  Hi @supernovia,

  Thanks! So new subscribers should automatically be linked to my new wordpress.org account over time? If not, I’m not really sure how I can get subscribers to my new account from the reader.

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  supernovia · Staff · Mar 2, 2017 at 7:25 pm

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  @karmentruong not automatically. You can manually move them using the migration tool as often as you’d like.

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  karmentruong · Member · Mar 2, 2017 at 8:34 pm

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  Ohh, how do I connect my wordpress reader to my new blog? it seems the new followers I am getting are coming from comments I post/posts I like on the reader.

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  supernovia · Staff · Mar 3, 2017 at 1:46 am

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  @karmentruong All of your followers will see your site in the reader, however there’s no way to connect a self-hosted installation to the “topics” section of the reader, which is likely where your new followers are coming from.