Fake User Wins Instagram Contest

What’s a fake user? What’s fake?

On Instagram, the photo-sharing social network for the iPhone, I caught eye of a drama that’s unfolding right now over who is a fake user and a real user – not to mention the distinction between fake photo and real photo.

Here’s the blow by blow.

• User @sunshinepeyton starts posting pics that are not her.
• User @chicago has a contest which the fake account won.
• Other folks start getting accused of being fake, e.g. @jakec223 , and starts the #iamnotfake tag.
• @chicago calls out the faker. See below.
• Users start posting photos of themselves with text to try and show they’re not fake, e.g. “My name is Jake @jakec223. I am not fake.”