This Online Community Is Dedicated To Calling Out Fake Instagrammers, And Here Are 30 Of Their Newest Posts
If a photo on Instagram looks too good to be true, it probably is. Even though the platform can be a wonderful and inspiring place, full of beautiful and artistic images, oftentimes it's misleading, too. Photography "tricks" and post-production dissolves the difference between real and fake. And some people try to make use of it, turning their looks into what they think society desires.
Eventually, it got so bad, a counter-movement emerged on Reddit in 2017. The community is called Instagram Reality, and it is dedicated to "exposing" these personas, trying to stop the spread of unreachable ideals and unrealistic expectations. To do so, it is posting side-by-side pics of how Instagrammers look online and in real life.
Bored Panda has already written about the subreddit (most recent articles here, here, and here), but it continues to dig out more and more... "specimens", so we gotta keep up; the pictures are getting more and more ridiculous.
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In 2019, Marika Tiggemann and Isabella Anderberg released a study called "Social media is not real: The effect of 'Instagram vs reality' images on women’s social comparison and body image." The research revealed that such images have the power to limit the impact social media posts have on our mental health.
As part of the study, a group of women were randomly assigned to view one of three sets of images: "Instagram vs reality" images, the 'ideal' side alone, or just the 'real' side. When women viewed either the real or comparison posts, researchers noticed that the identification or complete avoidance of the 'perfect' images as fake could "disrupt the comparison process," reducing the negative impact on body image and actually decreasing body dissatisfaction.
I Thinks She's So Beautiful Without The Photoshop. Body Dysmorphia Is Real
"Results suggest that the popular quote 'Comparison is the thief of joy'… has some truth to it," Renee Engeln, a professor of psychology at Northwestern University, writes for Psychology Today. "However, it seems to matter who the target of your comparison is. We may have more luck accepting our own bodies if we see more realistic and diverse representations of other bodies in our social media feeds.
"By following users who regularly challenge the frequent phoniness of Instagram posts, we can practice appreciating the diversity of human bodies and perhaps learn to appreciate our own bodies along the way."
You Gotta Be Kidding Me
I think that the pipes in the floor have exploded...and she was there. Under the tiles when it happened
Pores You Say?
The teeth!! Surely if you were gonna photoshop something you would start there
A Beautiful 51 Year Old Woman Who Doesn’t Need The Facetune
Everyone ages. It’s part of life. She’s still beautiful. And looks great for 51.
She looks great. Period. No age. When you add age it's no longer compliment.
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wait- she's 51? she looks so young! she does NOT need photoshop, photoshop needs her!
The top left picture is a crazy amount of photoshop. It will make anyone look like a wax statue. It's not flattering.
She is beautiful but don't kid yourself that she hasn't had any type of work done. She has had it done extremely well.
Just accept ur age so U can be a role model to other women. Please just let it be for all us ladies ageing.
J Lo looks great and is in terrific shape, and no, it's not because she has money, it's because she works at it.
She has the time and means to work at it because of the money she has...
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I saw an interview on the news with her the other day, she looked somewhat similar to the photos on the left
Too many people too nosey, too criticel.Find something more constructive to do.
That is not J-Lo - she would never allow herself to be photographed like that.
Pretty sure they're comparing images of when she was younger to now.
I wonder if celebrities freak out meeting people in person since all their images are edited? I mean we all know photoshop and that exists but when its professionally and consistently done it is easy to forget. There is no way anyone can live up to their perfected picture. You know some people who meet them in real life instantly catalog all the flaws.
she looks amazing for her age. i mean she likes 50 what did she expect to look half her age
Photographer Trying To Claim That The Long Legs Are Only Due To “Angling”
Apart of the legs, her feet are bigger then the head. And it's not small
When The Mirror Lets You Down
What Is Happening?
That Foot Said, “Mr. Stark? Don’t Feel So Good.”
That's no foot!! That's a pirates stump!! Foot stumpin' all over the place, what is a boy to do?
Photoshopped A Lambo Logo On Her Honda, The Blue One In The Back Also Looks Fake
It’s A Helluva Drug...
A German Reality TV Star On Instagram vs. On TV
What Is Going On Here Honestly
When Her Legs Are Taller Than You
Bro..... Seriously
He's gotten himself a George Michael'ish look... well, the sand blasted version, that is.
The Only Photos She Posts Anymore Are Pictures Of Models With Her Face Photoshopped In Instead
I Genuinely Don't Understand This. She Does This All The Time. She Doesn't Even Slightly Resemble Herself
2 In 3 Use Photoshop
Yeah... but which two??? If only someone could shine a light or something...
Her Upper Body Looks Absolutely Disturbing In Her Edit
I Didn't See It Until The Direct Comparison
Did she hurt herself scratching her face with fingernails? Did she try gouge his eyes out? So many questions, so few answers....
When You Get So Tan That Even Your Eyes Get Darker. (Summer 2018 On Left vs. Summer 2020)
Why would people do this? And even more... post these really horrible results which are nowhere near the (much better!!) reality? Who are they fooling?
Her Promo Pic On Social Media vs. Photo From Her Promo Event
Naaahhh... this can't be real. The bottom half of this picture is clearly photoshopped. Badly!!
She Has 217k Followers On Insta
Note: this post originally had 82 images. It’s been shortened to the top 29 images based on user votes.
When I was a teenager and complaining about how I look on a pic, my mother used to say, "You can't be prettier on a picture than in real life. Pictures are rigid, and no one can experience your pretty smile through a static picture, at least not in every single one". Seeing beautiful people making themselves even uglier with filters, makes me realize how right she was.
That is one piece of life advice that I'm gonna keep. Thanks for sharing xx
The Hufflepuff Bookworm Good response!
yes.
I feel bad about my skin sometimes because I kind of forget that all these photos are photo shopped. Kind of have to remind myself that my skin is normal and that people should have pores. Gotta remember to look at the people around me in real life to get a grip on my expectations.
Many models have issues with acne or rashes due to all the makeup they have to wear. That's 100% airbrushed to perfection.
Do you have a skin routine? No BS, I started one a while back and it was an instant improvement. Unbelievable results just from actually doing a multi step routine.
I worked with a lady who TROWELLED on Princess Bourghesa (sp?) makeup. She thought because it was ridiculously expensive it was better for her. Apparently it never occurred to her that it was the reason she had such bad acne in the first place. (She was really pretty, too). She used the phone in my office once & I literally had to get the Windex to wipe the orangey gooey crap off the handset. Saw her at a softball game and she was STILL made up like a hooker - which looked great as she started to sweat.
Ivana what
So pathetic.
I get that a lot of these pictures are really just bad photoshop, but I also think that people don't really understand how much makeup can change a person's face. Obviously the pictures where they suddenly have longer appendages or something like that are photoshop, but there are also quite a few which seem to just be the result of a lot of makeup.
Agree makeup can do magic but it can’t do ANY of what we saw here.
Yes, even light and angles.I dont edit my photos, and sometimes I look good (ish) and sometimes I look like a smushi version of a ghost thats similar to my grandmother
Absolutely, but to be fair the title of the article is just about faking what you look like. It’s sad hen people use makeup so heavily that they look like an entirely different person.
that's also true, sadly :(
That was my conclusion as well. There are a lot of pictures which are unimpressive for the younger people around here because we have seen a lot of makeup videos and know what effects it can have but it's still unbelievable for those who are not familiarised with them.
This is why I hate Instagram.
N. S. haha
So pleased I dated back in a time of 'what you see is what you get'.
Just Be Yourself!
Like when Cher went overboard with autotune.
Yeah, though I walk through the uncanny valley...
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All of these make me sad. I wish people could see their own individual beauty for what it is.
A girl from my school does pagents, so her Insta is full of her wearing full pagent makeup, which as most of you know, looks very fake. It is always weird to see.
People need to embrace themselves of who they are, I know it isn't easy, but at least try. Others will learn to accept and grow with you. If not, then that's their problem cuz you know who you are and who you want to be, not them.
It's simple: inferiority complex and psycho issues.
It’s not that simple though. Some people are overly confident and don’t have the reality to back it up. Over confidence / entitlement is a pretty big problem.
Some Instagram posts often end with arousing people's pity... What is "self-esteem"?
Naoko Yamaguchi yes
Barbie doll brainwashing
It don't matter about your look on the outside. It's about the inside. Everybody is beautiful. If people say they're ugly then that's a lie. Why does Photoshop even exists? Like, it hurts to know people around the world could just Photoshop just to make themselves look "prettier" than how they look currently, but it ain't about looking "prettier" but accepting that you're pretty no matter what. I used to say I was ugly, and I believe we all hit that stage, but I'm being honest here, nobody's ugly. Not even the "ugliest women" in the world! You're all gorgeous! If you Photoshop, you're only becoming a fake and hiding who you truly are. You need to express your beauty, even if it means people thing you're ugly, you're all beautiful. I think Photoshop shouldn't even be in this world for this reasons, but I'm not the one who decided to do it and I cannot decide to just take it away. I hope one day the ppl who Photoshop will express and acknowledge their beauty. Have a great day y'all.❤️
While the majority of these are cringe-worthy & laughable, they mostly just make me sad. What has society created that these people are so filled with self loathing?
These make me think they've captured the essence of the "president". I think he sees himself as the guy the stooges have made into the Rambo character on their cult flags. Psychopathy comes with some weird stuff.
They don't actually want you to believe the altered pics are really them? Isn't this just a different art form?
What's more disturbing to me are the ones that are altered, but not enough to look fake. I thought that the abuse of kids' self-image was terrible for my generation, and since we all recognized it, it would be better for the next (and the next). It's gotten SO much worse. How can parents allow this?
You mock these images but every time you turn on the TV or see a billboard, it is the same thing, just professionally done. People have trouble with the way they look, might be shallow but we are in a society that places value on the way people look. With the internet you can be whoever you want to be, and these people are trying to be the person they want to be.
bruh
Sad, but the comments were just hilarious. Funny pandas XD
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Is it just me or does all the gals in this wear wayyy too much makeup....
This thread is misogynistic BS. Leave women alone!
Si.
Some are beyond hilarious, but a lot just seem to have the same effect as too much make up and old school lighting and filters. I don't get why now we need to be tuttutting this, when showing a persona in stead of your own face has always been a thing. I mean, Jennifer Lopez is also not dancing through her house and singing her heart out while hanging from a pole when she's on the toilet. Stage actors don't wear thick caked on make up with black lines all day because they have a role in Les Mis. It's just, good fun and for some a way to deal with feeling insecure. Just teach your kids it's fine without and walk the walk yourself.
Except for the Kardashians. They shall be judged the hell out off.
When I lived with my ex gf, I loved that she barely used makeup, cause I wanted to wake up with the same person I slept with.
Makeup doesn’t change who you’re with. It depends on how people do makeup.
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I dont like this thread... Just because no one is going to look the same as they do in real life. Sometimes posting pictures with silly edits or whatever can just build confidence. Sure they arent really that way. But no one is. We all have our flaws.
I get your point but people need to be more responsible and also less lazy. It’s irresponsible to pretend to look a certain way you know you don’t and can’t. And if you’re so unsatisfied with how you look then do something to fix your ugly shít. That’s why they make makeup and Botox and fillers and plastic surgery. Don’t just pretend you had it and go around telling everyone you look a certain way you actually don’t like some weird-asś lazy liar. Just go fix it if you hate it so much, it isn’t even hard. Nobody is ugly, just broke.
That’s a good point Liz, but it really isn’t what I was talking about with Shannon, who was insinuating that the fakery of FaceTune is good for building confidence. I’m saying IF that’s a concern to you, then you should address the problem in real life instead of lying in pictures.
I see a culture who values people based on all of this fakery. I think That is the real issue, the illness of cultures who promote these caricatures of real humans. Being the worst person possible seems irrelevant to those who worship falsehood.
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Although there are many valid entries some of these are just comparing a good photo with a not so good photo
When I was a teenager and complaining about how I look on a pic, my mother used to say, "You can't be prettier on a picture than in real life. Pictures are rigid, and no one can experience your pretty smile through a static picture, at least not in every single one". Seeing beautiful people making themselves even uglier with filters, makes me realize how right she was.
That is one piece of life advice that I'm gonna keep. Thanks for sharing xx
The Hufflepuff Bookworm Good response!
yes.
I feel bad about my skin sometimes because I kind of forget that all these photos are photo shopped. Kind of have to remind myself that my skin is normal and that people should have pores. Gotta remember to look at the people around me in real life to get a grip on my expectations.
Many models have issues with acne or rashes due to all the makeup they have to wear. That's 100% airbrushed to perfection.
Do you have a skin routine? No BS, I started one a while back and it was an instant improvement. Unbelievable results just from actually doing a multi step routine.
I worked with a lady who TROWELLED on Princess Bourghesa (sp?) makeup. She thought because it was ridiculously expensive it was better for her. Apparently it never occurred to her that it was the reason she had such bad acne in the first place. (She was really pretty, too). She used the phone in my office once & I literally had to get the Windex to wipe the orangey gooey crap off the handset. Saw her at a softball game and she was STILL made up like a hooker - which looked great as she started to sweat.
Ivana what
So pathetic.
I get that a lot of these pictures are really just bad photoshop, but I also think that people don't really understand how much makeup can change a person's face. Obviously the pictures where they suddenly have longer appendages or something like that are photoshop, but there are also quite a few which seem to just be the result of a lot of makeup.
Agree makeup can do magic but it can’t do ANY of what we saw here.
Yes, even light and angles.I dont edit my photos, and sometimes I look good (ish) and sometimes I look like a smushi version of a ghost thats similar to my grandmother
Absolutely, but to be fair the title of the article is just about faking what you look like. It’s sad hen people use makeup so heavily that they look like an entirely different person.
that's also true, sadly :(
That was my conclusion as well. There are a lot of pictures which are unimpressive for the younger people around here because we have seen a lot of makeup videos and know what effects it can have but it's still unbelievable for those who are not familiarised with them.
This is why I hate Instagram.
N. S. haha
So pleased I dated back in a time of 'what you see is what you get'.
Just Be Yourself!
Like when Cher went overboard with autotune.
Yeah, though I walk through the uncanny valley...
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All of these make me sad. I wish people could see their own individual beauty for what it is.
A girl from my school does pagents, so her Insta is full of her wearing full pagent makeup, which as most of you know, looks very fake. It is always weird to see.
People need to embrace themselves of who they are, I know it isn't easy, but at least try. Others will learn to accept and grow with you. If not, then that's their problem cuz you know who you are and who you want to be, not them.
It's simple: inferiority complex and psycho issues.
It’s not that simple though. Some people are overly confident and don’t have the reality to back it up. Over confidence / entitlement is a pretty big problem.
Some Instagram posts often end with arousing people's pity... What is "self-esteem"?
Naoko Yamaguchi yes
Barbie doll brainwashing
It don't matter about your look on the outside. It's about the inside. Everybody is beautiful. If people say they're ugly then that's a lie. Why does Photoshop even exists? Like, it hurts to know people around the world could just Photoshop just to make themselves look "prettier" than how they look currently, but it ain't about looking "prettier" but accepting that you're pretty no matter what. I used to say I was ugly, and I believe we all hit that stage, but I'm being honest here, nobody's ugly. Not even the "ugliest women" in the world! You're all gorgeous! If you Photoshop, you're only becoming a fake and hiding who you truly are. You need to express your beauty, even if it means people thing you're ugly, you're all beautiful. I think Photoshop shouldn't even be in this world for this reasons, but I'm not the one who decided to do it and I cannot decide to just take it away. I hope one day the ppl who Photoshop will express and acknowledge their beauty. Have a great day y'all.❤️
While the majority of these are cringe-worthy & laughable, they mostly just make me sad. What has society created that these people are so filled with self loathing?
These make me think they've captured the essence of the "president". I think he sees himself as the guy the stooges have made into the Rambo character on their cult flags. Psychopathy comes with some weird stuff.
They don't actually want you to believe the altered pics are really them? Isn't this just a different art form?
What's more disturbing to me are the ones that are altered, but not enough to look fake. I thought that the abuse of kids' self-image was terrible for my generation, and since we all recognized it, it would be better for the next (and the next). It's gotten SO much worse. How can parents allow this?
You mock these images but every time you turn on the TV or see a billboard, it is the same thing, just professionally done. People have trouble with the way they look, might be shallow but we are in a society that places value on the way people look. With the internet you can be whoever you want to be, and these people are trying to be the person they want to be.
bruh
Sad, but the comments were just hilarious. Funny pandas XD
Saara . easy
Is it just me or does all the gals in this wear wayyy too much makeup....
This thread is misogynistic BS. Leave women alone!
Si.
Some are beyond hilarious, but a lot just seem to have the same effect as too much make up and old school lighting and filters. I don't get why now we need to be tuttutting this, when showing a persona in stead of your own face has always been a thing. I mean, Jennifer Lopez is also not dancing through her house and singing her heart out while hanging from a pole when she's on the toilet. Stage actors don't wear thick caked on make up with black lines all day because they have a role in Les Mis. It's just, good fun and for some a way to deal with feeling insecure. Just teach your kids it's fine without and walk the walk yourself.
Except for the Kardashians. They shall be judged the hell out off.
When I lived with my ex gf, I loved that she barely used makeup, cause I wanted to wake up with the same person I slept with.
Makeup doesn’t change who you’re with. It depends on how people do makeup.
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I dont like this thread... Just because no one is going to look the same as they do in real life. Sometimes posting pictures with silly edits or whatever can just build confidence. Sure they arent really that way. But no one is. We all have our flaws.
I get your point but people need to be more responsible and also less lazy. It’s irresponsible to pretend to look a certain way you know you don’t and can’t. And if you’re so unsatisfied with how you look then do something to fix your ugly shít. That’s why they make makeup and Botox and fillers and plastic surgery. Don’t just pretend you had it and go around telling everyone you look a certain way you actually don’t like some weird-asś lazy liar. Just go fix it if you hate it so much, it isn’t even hard. Nobody is ugly, just broke.
That’s a good point Liz, but it really isn’t what I was talking about with Shannon, who was insinuating that the fakery of FaceTune is good for building confidence. I’m saying IF that’s a concern to you, then you should address the problem in real life instead of lying in pictures.
I see a culture who values people based on all of this fakery. I think That is the real issue, the illness of cultures who promote these caricatures of real humans. Being the worst person possible seems irrelevant to those who worship falsehood.
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Although there are many valid entries some of these are just comparing a good photo with a not so good photo