This Is How a Coder Faked His Food Instagram Account to Free Meals and 28k Followers

Data Scientist Chris Buetti isn't exactly planning to quit his day job, but the tech wiz temporarily became an Instagram influencer after creating a bot-run account that amassed 28,600 followers (and counting) -- along with a wealth of free food from several restaurants around New York. Buetti was able to garner a sizable audience for the page, titled @beautiful.newyorkcity, through a series of painstaking coding efforts. To begin, he selected 50 Instagram handles that he felt posted "quality pi...