David Attenborough has signed off from Instagram的, 获得之后 6.2 在平台上短暂停留的数百万关注者.
这位94岁的博物学家和电视节目主持人于9月加入Instagram 24 and made his last post on October 31. His bio now reads: “Account no longer active.”
Attenborough’s last post on the platform said he was “encouraged by the huge amount of ideas and passion” shared on Instagram.
“This might be a wrap for this account — we won’t be posting anything else, though the account will stay open for you to watch David’s messages — but we hope it’s a springboard for many others to build on and share the ways we might create a sustainable future,” it read.
Attenborough’s account was run with the help of his colleagues, Jonnie Hughes and Colin Butfield, who acknowledged in the very first post that “social media isn’t David’s usual habitat.”
The veteran broadcaster’s first post — a video warning about climate change — gained him one million followers in what was a record four hours and 44 分钟, according to Guinness World Records.
Attenborough’s speedy acquisition of Instagram followers beat the previous record holder, 珍妮弗·安妮斯顿, who gained 1 million followers in five hours and 16 minutes after joining the Facebook-owned platform in 2019, 吉尼斯世界纪录说.
自那时候起, Attenborough’s record has been beaten by actor Rupert Grint, who reached the million followers mark in four hours and one minute when he joined earlier this month.
