«Why have my followers on Instagram suddenly dropped?»This is the question that we have been asked the most lately in the comments section of the blog. Actually, as we see that it is a fairly common question among our readers, we are going to try to clarify in this post the reason why this happens.
Surely you have seen or heard these days the news that Instagram already surpassed 300 million users and is positioned as the second social network, even surpassing Twitter.
You may be wondering, what does this have to do with your problem with followers? Well, it has to do with many things.
The popularity and growth of Instagram has made it an attraction for spammers and the buying / selling of followers, apparently fake followers. And anyway, sooner or later Instagram was going to react and clean up.
Main reason for the sudden loss of followers on Instagram.
The sudden drop in your number of followers It is because of all the false or inactive user accounts that Instagram has been eliminating in recent months.
have decided come to the point, reviewing all accounts suspected of being fake and those with posts that violated their community standards, to delete them permanently.
This is the message that Instagram shows in its application, in the «Following»From the activities section.
The volume of SPAM, false accounts and inactive accounts was such that any user could be affected. In other words, the sudden drop in followers has not only affected profiles with thousands of hundreds of followers, but also profiles with less than 1,000 followers. We have even noticed the effect on our profile.
Actually, according to notify from your help centerIt was exactly in April 2014 when most of the fake accounts were removed - at that time we were already starting to receive comments from people - and they want Instagram to be a spam-free social network by the end of the year.
Will this affect the number of Pleasures and comments of my photos?
This drop in followers should not affect the number of Pleasures nor the comments. Not even at the level of participation of your publications.
Please note that the 99% of the deleted accounts are fake or inactive accounts that did not generate any type of interaction. In other words, you most likely did not have any What or comment from these users.
How do I know that the followers they have removed are fake?
Surely there is no way to know, especially if you have hundreds of followers.
What is clear is that before removing them, Instagram has made sure – well through testing Captcha o with SMS verification: that the accounts suspected of being false have not been created by people.
You should also keep in mind that some deleted followers may not be fake, in which case their accounts will have been deleted due to inactivity. Probably abandoned profiles for more than a year.
What if I have bought followers?
If you have purchased followers, we can guarantee that they are not real. And certainly, you will end up losing them sooner rather than later.
People or companies that sell Instagram followers pack use bots to create hundreds of fake accounts automatically and then sell them as if they were real followers.
Finally, you don't have to worry that your followers on instagram have suddenly dropped. You already know that they are fake followers or that they have left their profiles. Followers who did not contribute anything and whose loss will not affect the interactions of your profile at all.
It's natural. All social networks have suffered the same problem and have acted accordingly.
Instagram is thoroughly cleaning its platform and this will ultimately benefit all those who are passionate about this social network.
