How to Identify Fake Real Estate Instagram Followers

Written by Posted On Wednesday, 31 July 2019 04:21

Though Instagram is already owned by Facebook, this social media platform doesn’t work on a friend request scheme. Rather, it is more like Twitter. It means, if a certain account follows you that’s it, you will only receive a notification that you have a new follower.

However, this scenario may possibly cause serious problems considering that we are currently living in a world that has an enormous bot issue. Always keep in mind that any Instagram account that will follow you might be a bot and this bot may hurt the reputation of your account.

With this in mind, it is very important that you need to know what makes an Instagram follower real. What’s more, you need to find out the best way to get Instagram followers in 2019 .

Nevertheless, one of the best ways to determine fake Instagram followers is to make use of a service that does it on your behalf. In actual fact, there are lots of available apps online that are capable of scanning your profile and telling you what Instagram followers look like unreal or fake.

But the main problem with such apps is that they will only provide the percentage of followers that are fake and they will not necessarily display which of your followers they flag. In addition to that, they all have various sets of criteria as well as various sample methods, that is why your ranking from one app won’t be the same to the next app you are going to use.

Fortunately, you can scan your Instagram followers manually with ease. Nevertheless, the following are some of the most important things that you need to watch out when identifying followers on Instagram.

How to tell if your followers are fake or bots

  1. Look for nonsense or gibberish user name

Some bots and fake followers on Instagram are transparent and using usernames such as “a4653763” and “vs52sf6f6”. If you notice such usernames on your list of following then they’re not decent accounts.

  1. Find out if they follow a lot of accounts but no or have only a few followers

Bear in mind that many people make use of an account only to watch their friends and favorite celebrities, but not to utilize themselves. But, they hardly everaccumulate thousands of users they follow.

  1. Look for completely generic or stolen content

The majority of spammers make their Instagram accounts look like legit by means of content theft, thus it might not be a bad idea to save and then inverse photo search a picture or two. Obviously, you’ll not be able to save the image directly hence, you will have to view the source to get the URL of the photo.

  1. Look for empty profiles

Empty profiles may not be bots or fake accounts, but, it is worth mentioning that they are not beneficial unless you see that they are engaging with your posts.

Determining a follower whether it is real or not has never been a difficult task. Always use your own judgment whether an account is worth keeping around or not.


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James Stevenson

Hi, My name is James and I've been involved in the property and real estate industry for 10 years now. I hope people will like to read about my thoughts and experiences in the industry and please contact me if you want to discuss my articles further!

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