A former employee of the Snapchat while filing a lawsuit against the company has alleged that CEO Evan Spiegel had said in 2015 that he didn’t want to expand the business into “poor countries like India and Spain.”
According to the report, a Snap Inc spokesperson rubbished the allegations, saying, “This is ridiculous. Obviously, Snapchat is for everyone! It’s available worldwide to download for free.”
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However, many Indians, stung by the perceived slight, took to social media to express their anger. Hashtag #boycottsnapchat trended all day yesterday and furious Indians flooded the app with 1-star rating and negative reviews.
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Finally, in displaying national pride, some Indians are attacking Australian supermodel and Snapchat CEO’s fiancée Miranda Kerr’s Instagram account by leaving rude comments and “advising” her to “educate her boyfriend”.
Kerr, whose last Instagram post is from 5 days ago, has been barraged by hate comments.
Earlier after hearing the comment so unruly from Snapchat CEO, Twitter was flooded with rave reviews;
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#Snapchat CEO EvanSpiegel Calls India Poor. Teach Him A Lesson
1.Uninstall
2.Rate 1 Star On Play & App store
3.RT & Spread#boycottsnapchat pic.twitter.com/AcrVWjwTOQ— दिनेश शर्मा (ॐ) (@PahariBhakt) April 16, 2017
https://t.co/C3aqUF120F U don’t know about us. https://t.co/rOJ90rFFdl This speech from the movie is especially for the CEO #boycottsnapchat pic.twitter.com/ITKihtp7ei
— Rishabh Pratap Singh (@YourstrulyRish) April 16, 2017
At least 1,53,804 one stars in the matter of 24 hours…. #boycottsnapchat pic.twitter.com/4UZYhb4O77
— Juliet (@twiish_) April 16, 2017
I was addicted to @Snapchat but I love my country more than this app. Let’s see how you earn without Indians. @evanspiegel #boycottsnapchat
— Shreya Tewari (@SarcasticSheeya) April 16, 2017
Meanwhile, others funnily lost the plot while expressing their anger and mistook Snapchat with the e-commerce platform Snapdeal and down-voted the Snapdeal app.
Indians getting confused in Snapdeal and Snapchat. pic.twitter.com/lsBfTsxAgz
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 16, 2017
These and many more are uninstalling & downgrading @snapdeal rating on play store to #boycottsnapchat.
pic.twitter.com/UppRglGlGM— Vivek Kushwaha (@yoursvivek) April 16, 2017
Meanwhile in Playstore. Snapdeal is collateral damage. https://t.co/KXSOR1tqYW pic.twitter.com/DqRzNUXV02
— Reddit India (@redditindia) April 16, 2017
“People asking us to make a statement that Snapdeal is not Snapchat was possibly the last thing I thought I would ever need to do,” Snapdeal CEO Kunal Bahl wrote on Twitter.
@thetanmay Thanks bud. Ppl asking us to make a statement that @snapdeal is not @snapchat was possibly the last thing I thought I would ever need to do.
— Kunal Bahl (@1kunalbahl) April 16, 2017