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Karthik Murali H
from Chennai |

Given that Instagram has announced it's going to do a massive cleanup of fake profiles, a lot of PR firms has announced that they wont be working with bloggers who has bought fake followers..

Not sure how many know , but this job has been done easy by the guys at Diet_Influencer.. So these guys have exposed pretty much the entire bunch of people who have excess of 90-100K followers and shown how they have bought over a period

instagram.com/diet_influencer

Some of the names in this list are pretty famous and pretty much most influencers you might be following. What's your take on this. Should there be a decision to suspend these "so called" influencers from IB's side too ?

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The Sorcerer
from Mumbai |

Well I caught a plagiarist in the review section but despite reporting nothing was done. So....

Amit Pattnaik
from New Delhi |

I could recognise not a single person in that list Cry which otherwise shows how poor my social GK is Embarassed Cheeyyyy, I don't even stand a chance to win Rs 1000 in next season's KBC (Elaichi ke papa, mere to bhaag hi phutgaye CryCry)

Dr.Amrita Basu
from Kolkata |

This is a sore topic and I am sure both brands, influencers, and PRs know what the deal is. Whether the public knows is another story. If the brands own PR person has no clue to fake influencers, or don't care enough, then the brand is not worth its name! #Justsaying.

Arvind Passey
from Delhi |

Indiblogger is about blogging. What has Instagram to do with Indiblogger? I mean, if there is someone who is a good blogger, he remains one. Right? This fellow might have bought followers on Twitter or Instagram or FB or wherever else... how does this connect to his blogging skills?