What is an Instagram Ghost Follower?

[dlane1987]

A Ghost Follower is a mostly inactive account that will spam follow
hundreds of people. Chances are you were attacked by one and as a
result, inflated your following numbers by quite a few. These Ghosts are
seeking attention but will not provide you with any in return. The
origin of accounts like these are most likely bots.
One individual
controlling multiple users uploading the same picture promoting
something. From this you can not benefit from. The best revenge it to
destroy them. There are multiple ways of dealing with he situation so
lets run by a few.