Justin Bieber dethroned as king of Instagram in massive follower purgeIn what is being referred to a...

1. Justin Bieber dethroned as king of Instagram in massive
follower purge
Justin Bieber dethroned as king of Instagram in massive follower purge
In what is being referred to as the Instagram "purge," many Instagram users lost tons of followers
when the picture-sharing platform cleared out inactive and spam accounts on Thursday.
Poor Justin Bieber was dethroned as the most-followed Instagram user, losing 3.5 million followers
in less than 24 hours, according to a list compiled by 64px. On Thursday, he had 23.8 million
followers; after the purge, Biebs has a mere 20.3 million Instagram acolytes. Beliebers, we assume,
rallied after learning of his fall from grace.
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Everybody please go follow Justin Bieber on Instagram. He lost 3 million fake followers yesterday
and now only has 20,000,000 #tears
" Kasum (@ItsKasum) December 19, 2014
BEFORE YOU GET PISSED ABOUT LOSING INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS REMEBER JUSTIN BIEBER
LOST 30 MILLION TODAY
" Ryan Beckford (@Rybeckford) December 18, 2014
The new ruler is Internet-breaker Kim Kardashian, of course. Kardashian lost only 1.3 million
Instagram followers in the Purge, making her the new queen of Instagram followers with a 22.2
million follower count.
Beyonc?(C), who lost fewer than 1 million followers, is now in the No. 2 spot. Akon lost more than
50% of his followers, dropping from 4.3 million to 1.9 million. After losing 1.5 million followers and
dropping to 100,000, rapper Ma$e deleted his account.
Instagram didn't immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment, but a spokesman
explained the situation to The Guardian:
After receiving feedback from members in the Instagram community, we recently fixed an issue that
incorrectly included inactive accounts in follower/following lists. We believe this will provide a more
authentic experience and genuinely reflect people who are actually engaging with each other"s
content.
We will always remember you, Instagram spam bots.
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