Instagram has made good on its
promise
to start purging inactive, fake and spam accounts this December, and
it's doing such a great job that users are calling it "Instagram
Rapture" or "Instapurge." Celebrities ended up losing a big chunk of
their followers, like Justin Bieber whose Belieber count went down by
3.5 million, according to
the list
created by software developer Zach Allia. Ariana Grande's numbers are
also down by 1.5 million, while Kim Kardashian lost 1.3 million fake
minions. Someone named chiragchirag78 even went from boasting 4 million
fans to have only eight left -- poor user was so devastated, he ended up
deleting his account. But it's still Instagram itself that's suffered
the worst blow, shedding almost 19 million followers in the process.
Since Instagram's efforts are sitewide, even ordinary people's follower counts are affected. And while many praised the
Facebook-owned service
for cracking down on spambots (thereby exposing those who've purchased
fake followers), there's an army of slighted users, as well. Some are
continuing to post a barrage of insults and profanities on Instagram's
official account, while others are campaigning for people to unfollow
it. What these angry users might not know, though, is that the service
deactivated those fake accounts and spambots long ago, an Instagram
spokesperson told
Business Insider. The service is merely removing them for good.
TO READ MORE
http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/19/instagram-purges-spam/
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