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London based vlogger, Byron Denton, 19, managed to fool people on social media over his famous Coachella music festival posts without even attending. He was able to achieve these epic shots through the use of ‘photoshop’. After going viral on the internet for faking a luxurious lifestyle on Instagram, he decided to come back with another prank. Denton’s compilation of fake Coachella posts was just the second installment of his fake Instagram prank series. These ‘pranks’ were to see how easily people could be fooled with some photoshop editing.
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“The first time I faked a luxurious lifestyle on Instagram, I was shocked by the response and how easy it could be to fake an entire life online,” he told Bored Panda, “so, with this in mind and a high demand for a part two I decided to go for it, this time a little bigger! It dawned on me that everyone who is seen to be ‘successful’ on Instagram attends the festival Coachella at some point in their life. As it was the time of year where everyone was heading to the desert for a weekend of music and fashion, I decided it would be a great time to go along too… well with the help of photoshop of course!”
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Denton wanted to see if people were gullible for the second time. After the first time, people were skeptical of his posts questioning his whereabouts constantly. So for the second time around, he was extra careful not to reveal any leakage. He even got some help from his mom who happens to be a graphic designer. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, well shame on them. Denton wrote, “Ever since I made the first video my Instagram is constantly flooded with comments of people trying to say my photos are all fake. I recently went on a trip to Rome and all the comments on the photos of me beside the famous landmarks are suggesting that it’s not real and that it’s all photoshopped! I guess its kind of annoying however I did sign up for it! It also meant this time I had to pay such close attention to detail when photoshopping myself at the festival!”
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Denton further added, “I learned this time around not to over think what I was posting, I think last time I was trying so hard not to get caught out that I was oversharing and over posting which looked unnatural.” Whatever the method was it worked. In terms of likes and comments across his Instagram page, the vlogger said, “These photos did SO much better! The highest amount of likes I got in the other video was around 12,000 this time my photo at Coachella got 10,000 likes in 3 hours and is continuing to go up!”
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Denton concluded finally that the Internet is not always what it seems to portray. ‘Do not post everything on social media.’ “The last thing I want to share about this whole experience is how easy it really is to fake a lifestyle online. I am no photoshop genius, I don’t have masses of experience in how social media works which means just about anyone with a mobile phone can portray a life that may not always be real. I think it’s easy to compare yourself and what you have to what everyone else is showing but hopefully from this you can see not to believe everything put on social media.”
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