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So @gauravcsawat put out this tweet some weeks ago. Something similar had been playing on my mind too.. https://twitter.com/gauravcsawant/status/912761809160912896
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So @gauravcsawat put out this tweet some weeks ago. Something similar had been playing on my mind too.. https://twitter.com/gauravcsawant/status/912761809160912896
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.. for a while. Social media as a force came into its own in the 2014 general elections.
And with that come the dirty tricks ..
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.. for a while. Social media as a force came into its own in the 2014 general elections.
And with that come the dirty tricks ..
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.. associated with influencing minds.
Once again, I may be totally wrong out here, but it is a matter of what you want to ..
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.. associated with influencing minds.
Once again, I may be totally wrong out here, but it is a matter of what you want to ..
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.. believe Vs what you want to laugh away as a matter of someone's fertile imagination.
But here goes ..
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.. believe Vs what you want to laugh away as a matter of someone's fertile imagination.
But here goes ..
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I started putting default location for trends on my twitter profile as Pakistan some time ago, on a whim.
What it has led to ..
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I started putting default location for trends on my twitter profile as Pakistan some time ago, on a whim.
What it has led to ..
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The trigger was #Bihar trending in Pakistan on 08 Nov 15, soon after Bihar Assembly Election results were announced.
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The trigger was #Bihar trending in Pakistan on 08 Nov 15, soon after Bihar Assembly Election results were announced.
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Interesting, no?
Hashtags like #IhateIndiaBecause and such likes keep popping up out there every once in a while. But #Bihar?
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Interesting, no?
Hashtags like #IhateIndiaBecause and such likes keep popping up out there every once in a while. But #Bihar?
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Yes, #Bihar, because the BJP / NDA lost and the left leaning media went into a celebratory frenzy!
What one inferred from ..
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Yes, #Bihar, because the BJP / NDA lost and the left leaning media went into a celebratory frenzy!
What one inferred from ..
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.. this was (strictly my personal opinion, btw) that atleast some of the so called 'secular' handles were based out of ..
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.. this was (strictly my personal opinion, btw) that atleast some of the so called 'secular' handles were based out of ..
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.. Pakistan, or had in fact, 'outsourced' some of the outrage industry over there.
The next example came soon thereafter.
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.. Pakistan, or had in fact, 'outsourced' some of the outrage industry over there.
The next example came soon thereafter.
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Aurangzeb Road in Delhi was renamed, sparking another outrage from so called seculars.
And 'Lok Kalyan Marg' trends in Pak!
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Aurangzeb Road in Delhi was renamed, sparking another outrage from so called seculars.
And 'Lok Kalyan Marg' trends in Pak!
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It took a while for subsequent examples since I was no longer looking.
Next one came by in August 2017.
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It took a while for subsequent examples since I was no longer looking.
Next one came by in August 2017.
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Gurmeet Ram Rahim was arrested and much of Punjab - Haryana went into a tizzy.
Social Media was up in arms against the ..
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Gurmeet Ram Rahim was arrested and much of Punjab - Haryana went into a tizzy.
Social Media was up in arms against the ..
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.. government of the day, and right on cue, #GurmeetRamRahimSingh starts trending in Pak too.
Guess, Pakis too were quite ..
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.. government of the day, and right on cue, #GurmeetRamRahimSingh starts trending in Pak too.
Guess, Pakis too were quite ..
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.. 'concerned' about the law and order situation inside India, apparently!
Or maybe they were just adding fuel to fire in ..
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.. 'concerned' about the law and order situation inside India, apparently!
Or maybe they were just adding fuel to fire in ..
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Move ahead a week or so, and a journalist in Bangalore is murdered.
Almost instantaneously, a call goes out in the ..
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Move ahead a week or so, and a journalist in Bangalore is murdered.
Almost instantaneously, a call goes out in the ..
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.. secular media that it is the handiwork of 'Hindu Terrorists', some even creating fictitious Hindu groups that might have ..
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.. secular media that it is the handiwork of 'Hindu Terrorists', some even creating fictitious Hindu groups that might have ..
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.. done it, and the social media world is on fire.
Oh, btw 'Gauri Lankesh' also starts trending in Pak on 06 Sep!
Coincidence!
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.. done it, and the social media world is on fire.
Oh, btw 'Gauri Lankesh' also starts trending in Pak on 06 Sep!
Coincidence!
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I say coincidence because a country where journalism is one of the more 'dangerous' professions is suddenly & overwhelmingly..
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I say coincidence because a country where journalism is one of the more 'dangerous' professions is suddenly & overwhelmingly..
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..'concerned' about the murder of a journo in India!
So much so that #RIP_IndianJournalism was again trending in Pak on 9 Sep!
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..'concerned' about the murder of a journo in India!
So much so that #RIP_IndianJournalism was again trending in Pak on 9 Sep!
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Fast forward another week, and Amnesty International releases its report on use of pellet guns by Indian forces in Kashmir.
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Fast forward another week, and Amnesty International releases its report on use of pellet guns by Indian forces in Kashmir.
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Remember pellet guns? And the 'randi rona' that seculars created because it was quite an effective crowd control tool to ..
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Remember pellet guns? And the 'randi rona' that seculars created because it was quite an effective crowd control tool to ..
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.. keep Pak sponsored stone pelters in check?
Well, the same randi rona started again, this time on BOTH sides of the border!
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.. keep Pak sponsored stone pelters in check?
Well, the same randi rona started again, this time on BOTH sides of the border!
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And soon #AmnestyExposesIndia was trending in Pak!
Interestingly, the tweets associated were quite similar on both sides too!
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And soon #AmnestyExposesIndia was trending in Pak!
Interestingly, the tweets associated were quite similar on both sides too!
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Two days later came the #IHateIndiaBecause hashtag.
Quite normal actually.
Except that quite a bunch of tweets were STILL ..
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Two days later came the #IHateIndiaBecause hashtag.
Quite normal actually.
Except that quite a bunch of tweets were STILL ..
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.. about the topics mentioned earlier in this thread.
Some were, in fact, perfect copy past jobs!
Quite a coincidence, no?
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.. about the topics mentioned earlier in this thread.
Some were, in fact, perfect copy past jobs!
Quite a coincidence, no?
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Point is, it might just be a flight of fancy that I have posted above, but then, I thought I might as well put it out here.
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Point is, it might just be a flight of fancy that I have posted above, but then, I thought I might as well put it out here.
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Generally speaking, the Leftist 'secular' ecosystem over here and Pakis do tend to 'agree' on a few matters of opinion.
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Generally speaking, the Leftist 'secular' ecosystem over here and Pakis do tend to 'agree' on a few matters of opinion.
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Why else would a handle called Pakistan Defence be interested in a protest march for a murdered journo in Bangalore?
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Why else would a handle called Pakistan Defence be interested in a protest march for a murdered journo in Bangalore?
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And before I sign off on this thread for the time being, just try and recollect the narrative on the #TerrorBoat incident ..
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And before I sign off on this thread for the time being, just try and recollect the narrative on the #TerrorBoat incident ..
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What is interesting is not that Gujarat was trending earlier this afternoon, but the sheer number of tweets - 284k, a figure which should have crossed 300k by now.
And this in a country that only had 3.1 million twitter users last year!
(source: https://www.geo.tv/amp/131187 )
What is interesting is not that Gujarat was trending earlier this afternoon, but the sheer number of tweets - 284k, a figure which should have crossed 300k by now.
And this in a country that only had 3.1 million twitter users last year!
(source: https://www.geo.tv/amp/131187 )
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Btw, the above tweet seen in conjunction with the screenshot posted in tweet No 32 of this thread does point to a 'happy coincidence', doesn't it?
#JustAsking
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Btw, the above tweet seen in conjunction with the screenshot posted in tweet No 32 of this thread does point to a 'happy coincidence', doesn't it?
#JustAsking
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A total of THREE hashtags on Assembly Elections in India trending in Pakistan this afternoon .. I wonder why!
Now waiting for a new hashtag with the word 'Modi', 'BJP' or 'RSS' within!
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A total of THREE hashtags on Assembly Elections in India trending in Pakistan this afternoon .. I wonder why!
Now waiting for a new hashtag with the word 'Modi', 'BJP' or 'RSS' within!
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So this was trending in Pakistan today at about 2pm when the govt was replying to the opposition about their allegations on the Rafale Deal.
Totally coincidental, no?
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So this was trending in Pakistan today at about 2pm when the govt was replying to the opposition about their allegations on the Rafale Deal.
Totally coincidental, no?
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A very 'interesting' trend right now .. wrt the Kartarpur Corridor.
The corridor issue was always a wild herring in middle of election season in India. Here's what I wrote - https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1068885656217313280
And they say Khalistanis have no connection with Pakis whatsoever!
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A very 'interesting' trend right now .. wrt the Kartarpur Corridor.
The corridor issue was always a wild herring in middle of election season in India. Here's what I wrote - https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1068885656217313280
And they say Khalistanis have no connection with Pakis whatsoever!
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Just plugging this tweet here in this thread before moving ahead https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1106798757176373248?s=19
Just plugging this tweet here in this thread before moving ahead https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1106798757176373248?s=19
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So the Prime Minister of India travels to a South Indian state for a summit with the Chinese President.
And #GoBackModi tweets start greeting him.
But get what, most of such tweets emanate from Pakistan!
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So the Prime Minister of India travels to a South Indian state for a summit with the Chinese President.
And #GoBackModi tweets start greeting him.
But get what, most of such tweets emanate from Pakistan!
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So Delhi sees communal violence and Voila .. the TOP THREE trends in the Land of the Pure get dedicated to that!!
Now pl tell me there is no 'moral' support from across the borders to the instigators - both online as well as those on the streets.
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So Delhi sees communal violence and Voila .. the TOP THREE trends in the Land of the Pure get dedicated to that!!
Now pl tell me there is no 'moral' support from across the borders to the instigators - both online as well as those on the streets.
