Desi microblogging platform Koo will have to cover a lot of ground to be Twitter alternative Desi microblogging platform Koo will have to cover a lot of ground to be Twitter alternative Koo is a 10-month old microblogging platform that shot to fame during the AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge last year. advertisement Koo is a 10-month old platform which is being touted as desi Twitter alternative HIGHLIGHTS It needs your mobile number for sign-up. Unlike Twitter, Koo offers 400 characters to write. Koo, the microblogging platform has been in the news lately, and many reports on the Internet have touted it as the Twitter alternative. People talking about Koo, the desi microblogging platform, on social media platforms including Twitter, go in-sync with the several ministries joining the platform. The latest being Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways; Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution, Government of India. Goyal joined the Koo platform on Monday. However, the timing of promotions around Koo can also be seen as a strategic response as an action against Twitter for not complying with the order for blocking some accounts (and tweets) which were tweeting about farmers' protest.