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Incidentally, WhatsApp as a platform contributed a lot towards the current ruling party's electoral successes. It was and remains the main focused platform for
by dartharva 6y ago
Incidentally, WhatsApp as a platform contributed a lot towards the current ruling party's electoral successes. It was and remains the main focused platform for BJP's campaigns.
In India, WhatsApp is much more ubiquitous than any other platform and penetrates even the lesser developed regions - if one has a smartphone in India, it almost always has WhatsApp on it. It is even available on some feature phones in the country. "Texting" in India means sending a WhatsApp message.
Additionally, WhatsApp also acts as a mobile payments platform in India. Although not very popular yet, it is increasingly becoming a significant sales and support platform for many businesses.
- saos 6y ago> Additionally, WhatsApp also acts as a mobile payments platform in India I had no idea. Not something that’s in U.K. yet.
- chupchap 6y agoIt uses UPI payment system which is also used by Google Pay here. So irrespective of the app you use, you can do a direct bank to bank transfer.
- vinay_ys 6y agoWhatsApp Payments is tiny right now (0.81 million transactions in December 2020) where as the top player did 1000x more. See the official stats here: https://www.npci.org.in/what-we-do/upi/upi-ecosystem-statistics https://www.npci.org.in/what-we-do/upi/upi-ecosystem-statist...
- obamaaccountooo 6y agoin cambridge analytica documentary they showed indian national congress was involved in manipulation facebook users and whatsapp groups. https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/bbc-documentary-shows-congress-symbol-in-cambridge-analytica-office-smriti-irani-bharatiya-janata-party-rahul-gandhi-narendra-modi-christopher-wylie/211963 https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/bbc-documentary-s...