Instagram hack results in 1,000 likes for pictures

A number of Instagram celebrities have of late been geotagging their pictures with Singapore as the location. The result: the images have received thousands of likes, despite the fact that these celebs have never been to the island nation. According to Mic, the geotagging helps them get more exposure.

While speaking to Quartz, an Instagram representative said that a bug in Instagram “impacted engagement when posts were tagged with Singapore,” and that the issue has since been fixed.

Los Angeles-based Instagram user KingBach, who has 11.3 million followers, posted two photos this past week with the geotag “Singapore, Singapore,” both of which garnered thousands of likes.

But some of the followers of these Instagram stars have been catching on. In fact, some power users tried to cover their tracks by removing Singapore as their location after a period of time.

When Canadian Christian Collins, who has 3.8 million followers, posted a photo of Disneyland on Dec 10 with the geotag “Singapore, Singapore,” someone responded: “There’s no Disneyland in Singapore...where were you actually?”