Twitter Users Koo-k Up Jokes and Memes While Migrating to Desi Microblogging App Koo
Koo app users are being trolled by Twitterati | Image credit: Twitter
As many on Twitter including government officials and portals opened accounts on Koo, Twitter users could not help but koo-k up some memes.
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A day after Union Minister Piyush Goyal took to Twitter to show off his new social media account on the homegrown microblogging app Koo, India s purported answer to Twitter, the latter is exploding with memes.
The Twitter-inspired app won the MyGov Aatmanirbhar App Challenge in August 2020 and its users have increased 4 times in the past six months even since Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Indians to turn to the desi app.
What is Koo?
Koo is a microblogging platform that enables it users to express their opinion on any given subject. The app was developed by Aprameya Radhakrishna, who is the co-founder and CEO. The platform won the The Digital India Aatmanirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge in March last year, an initiative that rewards the best Indian apps which has the potential to develop into a world class apps.
Why is Koo in news?
Despite being acknowledged by the government as one of the potential game changer in the Digital India campaign, Koo began to fade away until recently when Union Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted about him joining the platform. Along with Goyal, union minister Ram Shankar Prasad, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, and Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa are among the other top dignitaries to join the platform.
Koo is the Indian alternative to Twitter that wants to focus on an AatmaNirbhar Bharat, by offering a microblogging experience in Indian languages, by Indians, for Indians. It is available as an app on both iOS and Android.
Highlights
Koo comes with a lot of similarities like Twitter as users can follow individuals and it also allows users to write messages in text or record and share them in audio or video formats.
The app is available for both Android and iOS users in English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu.
PM Narendra Modi was also not behind in promoting Koo as it was amongst the four apps that were being named during his radio programme Mann Ki Baat.
Twitter has been at the receiving end from the Union government for the posts and content censorship on the farmers protest which turned violent on January 26 in the national capital.