Follower counts plummet after Instagram deletes millions of spam accounts, vain users outraged

After Instagram made good on its promise to remove scores of spam accounts from its service, many users noticed that they lost large swathes of followers — from a handful to a few million. Saddeningly, many users are having trouble dealing with the loss and are in a row over the issue. The Verge reports that Instagram said it would remove accounts that didn’t fall in line with its Community Guidelines, which includes refraining from spamming users in comments. Users were notified that they might notice drops in their follower counts, but it’s apparent from comments made on Instagram’s own…



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