While Instagram was announcing its incline to 300 million last week, this social network declared that it will begin shutting off all false and spammy accounts.
This trendy photo sharing app began to fulfil their promise true last Thursday. Some present users are not delighted to hear about this news. Many account users will experience a decreased number of followers after the enormous spam removal activity.
Some of the "popularly followed" users are sad seeing their account having less followers with one posting: "They deleted 7k followers from me."
Andrew Quilty, an Australian photojournalist posted, "I try to articulate the simple, yet harsh everyday lives of Afghans. I suppose I'm fascinated to observe a young population that has known no reality but war in forty years." At present, Andrew is based in Kabul and he covers news events all around the regions which includes unfolding catastrophes happening across the borders of northern Iraq, Syria and Turkey. His life journey is unique.
Andrew said, "I grew up in Sydney and spent my post-high school years surfing there and all over Australia and Indonesia," and "my interest in photography came a couple of years into that, and I began to combine the two obsessions when I got myself underwater camera housing." He continued, "Over time my passion for photography-as it became my career-began to override surfing."
Instagram made a statement to Business Insider saying that "deactivated spam account" or accounts that have committed violations against community guidelines were deleted.
Zach Allia, a web developer made a list of the top accounts in Instagram which are majorly affected by the new Instagram move. Based on the graphic he provided, Justin Bieber lost about 3.5M followers, while other famous celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Ariana Grande and Rihanna lost over 1M followers.
Kevin Systrom, CEO of Instagram, noted that the deletion of spammy accounts has significantly influenced the current users' counts. He added, "As more people join, keeping Instagram authentic is critical—it's a place where real people share real moments."