If you sync it. This is a stick-shift, not an automatic. Go to the People > Followed page and press "Publish" to send them out, or press "Overwrite" or "Merge" to pull them in. The manual control and details about what the latest event says versus what your local database says are all provided so that you don't accidently lose all your contacts (that has been a problem among clients that just do it all automatically).