Indians are so aggrieved with Snapchat boss that they're deleting the app
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 pic.twitter.com/UqXSA2hmbj
— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) April 16, 2017
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
— Virender Sehwag (@VirenderSehweg) April 16, 2017
India has turned savage.@Snapchat got a single star on App Store. Just read the reviews. Lol This is epic #boycottsnapchat #snapchatceo pic.twitter.com/6v2O87dtOl
— saleem rehan (@rehanode) April 16, 2017
#boycottsnapchat @evanspiegel that's how we do it baby #Snapchat #snapchatceo pic.twitter.com/Mjycrvww67
— Lavi singh (@cricket__buff) April 16, 2017
#boycottsnapchat Boss: Do you know SnapchatMe: Yes sirBoss: How many filters do you used @ snapchatMe: pic.twitter.com/IdBlqsQWe6
— amit shukla (@nammu_92) April 16, 2017
Sorry I'm very poor citizen of a poor country. Can't afford @evanspiegel ur ridiculous App. #boycottsnapchat #snapchat @Snapchat pic.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 pic.twitter.com/JR1zb9I61T
— Drunk BATMAN (@Caped_Humor) April 16, 2017
Dear "Rich" @Snapchat ,Goodbye from my "Poor" mobile.I love my country more than this app#NationLove #boycottsnapchat Bharat Mata Ki Jai pic.twitter.com/7mPFODc9Rt
— Roshan singhTomar (@roshantomar8) April 16, 2017
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
— Radhika Mundra (@radhikamundra99) April 16, 2017
#boycottsnapchat even Yogiji is angry now pic.twitter.com/ucaGnYsuq6
— akash joshi (@joshiakashn) April 16, 2017
In case you thought only Indians were offended:
While we Indians are only outraging online over Snapchat CEO's comments, Spain has lost it completely pic.twitter.com/A1uYKFUlxa
— Anurag Verma (@kitAnurag) April 16, 2017
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?
Snapdeal and Snapchat are stepsisters ..2012 mein hi kyon tabaah nahi hui duniya ???? pic.twitter.com/KMhJRgDdUy
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) April 16, 2017
Snapdeal waalo ki fir fat gayi.. bhakton koi difference nahi pata unka aur Snapchat ka ????
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) April 16, 2017
Bhakts are so stupid they are downgrading and uninstalling snapdeal instead of snapchat #boycottsnapchat ???????? pic.twitter.com/euCEhk4xtH
— Hypocrisy Watch (@bigotry_watch) April 16, 2017.
Meanwhile in Playstore. Snapdeal is collateral damage. https://t.co/KXSOR1tqYWpic.twitter.com/DqRzNUXV02
— Reddit India (@redditindia) April 16, 2017