Kim Kardashian is now the most-followed individual on
Instagram after the social network wiped more than 3.5 million spam
accounts from the follower count of Justin Bieber, the former
most-followed individual.
Bieber’s drop came as a result of a spam purge Instagram warned users
about last week. The Facebook-owned social network said it planned to
clean house and delete any accounts that were deemed spam. Experts on
fake followers told International Business Times they expected 2 million to 10 million accounts to be removed, and it seems they were right.
Justin Bieber’s following dropped from 23.8 million
Thursday to 20.3 million Friday, according to SocialBlade.com. That puts
the pop star in third place, behind both reality-TV star Kardashian
(22.2 million) and mega-singer Beyoncé (21.4 million). Kardashian and
Beyoncé both lost followers as well -- 1.3 million and 866,000,
respectively -- but the purge ultimately helped them.
Among some of the biggest "losers" are singers Selena Gomez
(18.5 million) and Ariana Grande (20.2 million), who saw their
followings fall by 1.1 million and 1.6 million followers, respectively. Reports
say rapper Mase, who had a mere 1.6 million followers, saw his numbers
demolished (by 1.5 million), which seems to indicate he purchased most
of his followers. Mase has since deleted his account.
The biggest loser appears to be Instagram itself, whose own
account following (45.3 million) dropped by a whopping 18.9 million
users. But the damage is widespread. For example, this reporter (610)
saw his follow count fall by about 50, and other users are commenting on
Instagram’s account to protest the purge.
“Why the hell would u do this?!?!? I lost like 30
followers! We earned them!!! We don't care if theyre spams or fake!! We
just like the fact that they follow us!!! Please give them back!!!!!”
one user said.
Source:http://www.ibtimes.com/kim-kardashian-overtakes-justin-bieber-instagram-following-fake-follower-purge-1763120
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