'Plant a tree for every pet picture': Creators of viral Instagram trend revealed as Plant A … – 7NEWS

If you’ve been on Instagram over the last few days, you might’ve noticed almost every man and his dog have joined the “We’ll plant one tree for every pet picture” trend.It appeared self-explanatory. Post a picture of your cat, dog, rabbit or fish on your Instagram story and someone will plant a tree.The only question – and arguably the most important one – was, who is ‘we’.In a statement to 7NEWS.com.au, a Facebook company spokesperson clarified the trend, like all other Add Yours threads, was created by an individual Instagram user – not Instagram.“Add Yours stickers will show the original author when you tap on them, except in some cases where the author deletes the original post or if their account is private,” the spokesperson said.The creators of Instagram’s ‘We’ll plant 1 tree for every pet picture’ trend have purportedly been revealed. Credit: Getty Images/Instagram“We’re working on ways to make authorship clearer and minimise confusion moving forward.”In the context of this trend, the author handle was hidden because the original post was removed by the author.As of Tuesday, the ‘Add Yours’ sticker had been used in more than 4.1 million stories since it was created on November 8.While Instagram was…
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