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Attention-hungry people are faking vacations on Instagram
New York Post ^ | April 19, 2019 | Zachary Kussin

Posted on 04/19/2019 9:33:57 AM PDT by EdnaMode

Looking to live the glamorous, well-traveled life — and stir envy among your Instagram followers — but can’t afford it? Well, now you can have a photo of yourself digitally altered to make it seem like you can.

A Nebraska-based photo-editing service named Fake A Vacation lets users send in snapshots to have them superimposed onto fake backgrounds. Options include a sandy beach in Maui, the rushing waters of Niagara Falls, even the Grand Canyon at sunset.

It may seem like a joke service, but lying about travel is a far more common practice than you may think.

According to a study released Wednesday that surveyed over 4,000 American adults over 18, flight cost-comparison Jetcost concluded that 14 percent of respondents fibbed to others about their flashy vacations. Ten percent of that pool even went the extra mile to post a fake on social media.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: attentionseeking; fakevacation; fakevacations; instagram; narcissism; socialmedia; vacation
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To: EdnaMode
Well damn. What are those of us that like flying under the radar supposed to do? 😹📡🛩
21 posted on 04/19/2019 10:31:07 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: EdnaMode

OK, here’s a useful one: Announce a vacation on all your social media. Put your vehicles in the garage or off-site, so the house looks empty. Then await the break ins by the local thugs who follow such announcements looking for opportunities. Don’t kill ‘em unless you have to, in fear for your life (wink, wink).


22 posted on 04/19/2019 10:34:17 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: dfwgator
Here I am in Egypt and the Netherlandsm er... really.
Blnk
23 posted on 04/19/2019 10:41:17 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

Is that Brian Williams.


24 posted on 04/19/2019 10:47:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: EdnaMode

I believe the cops have done this to sting burglars a few times :-)


25 posted on 04/19/2019 11:34:29 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: EdnaMode

I think that my ‘friends’ would all become suspicious if I started posting pictures of ‘myself’ hanging out on the French Riviera with Kathy Ireland.

(Not that I wouldn’t like to, mind you, but, uh, nevermind.)


26 posted on 04/19/2019 11:35:31 AM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: EdnaMode

Failing at life.


27 posted on 04/19/2019 4:59:06 PM PDT by simpson96
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