Indians are an easily-outraged lot. Months after e-commerce giant Amazon came under fire for selling doormats with an imprint of the tricolour, it is instant image messaging app Snapchat, the darling of millennials, that now faces the ire.
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel is the latest to have caused a furore on the Indian internet. After an ex-employee alleged that Spiegel had, in 2015, said that he wasn't interested in expanding his company's user base "to poor countries like India and Spain", many Indians took to social media to bash the young billionaire and his company left, right and centre.
Many have unistalled the app, while others continue to give it bad ratings and reviews. So much so that the app's rating took a massive hit on Google Play Store.
NASA releases pic of Indians using Snapchat for the last time last night before they uninstall it. See this Mr CEO!!#boycottsnapchat
At the rate at which Snapchat CEO is being slapped by us Indians, he will have to change the app's name to Slapchat #boycottsnapchat #MIvGL
India has turned savage.@Snapchat got a single star on App Store. Just read the reviews. Lol This is epic #boycottsnapchat#snapchatceo
#boycottsnapchat
Boss: Do you know Snapchat
Me: Yes sir
Boss: How many filters do you used @ snapchat
Me:
Sorry I'm very poor citizen of a poor country. Can't afford @evanspiegel ur ridiculous App. #boycottsnapchat #snapchat @Snapchatpic.twitter.com/O5MJ3Liym5— Sansa (@SANSA_STARK_) April 15, 2017
Even as the SNAP - Snapchat's parent company - rubbished the ex-employee's claim, the nation (on social media) was in no mood to relent, evident from #BoycottSnapchat — one of the top trending hashtags on Twitter.
All this for the nation, of course:
Finally did something for my country...very emotional moment #boycottsnapchat
Dear "Rich" @Snapchat ,Goodbye from my "Poor" mobile.I love my country more than this app#NationLove #boycottsnapchat
Bharat Mata Ki Jai
How wonderful would it be if we can keep India's pride when it comes to things that are going wrong inside the country. #boycottsnapchat
#boycottsnapchat even Yogiji is angry now
In case you thought only Indians were offended:
In this fiasco, online shopping site Snapdeal, unfortunately, came under attack from offended Indians. Many started giving Snapdeal bad reviews and downgrading it. What's in a name, you ask?
Bhakts are so stupid they are downgrading and uninstalling snapdeal instead of snapchat #boycottsnapchat
Meanwhile in Playstore. Snapdeal is collateral damage. redd.it/65o4nz
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