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by setum 5y ago

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r_singh 5y ago
Watch this from 27:59 https://youtu.be/1OW7AQxpf2g https://youtu.be/1OW7AQxpf2g (Edit: it’s in Hindi)
- pritambarhate 5y ago
  I am from India and know Hindi. The person in Video is Mr. Amit Shah. President of BJP and Home Minister of India. At the above timestamp he says (translation): Even if it is sour or sweet, truth or false we could spread it to people because we had created a group of 32 Lac (3.2 Million) people on Whatsapp.
  - r_singh 5y ago
    Apologies, revising previous comment because I misunderstood the said text. He indeed said that they created a WhatsApp account with 32 lakh people in it... Hence the translation above is correct.
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
    - throwaway_s1234 5y ago
      > He said that we have created 32 lakh WhatsApp groups (not people). Don't lie man. Not cool at all! He said "Woh isliye hopaya ki hum battis lakh WhatsApp ka EK group banakar khade the". Which translates to "it happened because we created a WhatsApp group with 32 lakh people in it". You accuse a political party of spreading misinformation and you do that yourself! Did you seriously think you are the only one who knows Hindi in Hacker News and that you can get away with this lie? There is no need to even "listen carefully". It is as audible as it gets. 32 lakh WhatsApp groups is technically crazy to pull off unless done programmatically. And what is the point of 32 lakh WhatsApp groups? It serves no purpose to have so many groups.
      - r_singh 5y ago
        Thanks for correcting me. It was a genuine error and I’m sorry.
        throwaway_s1234 5y ago
        It is alright. Happens to the best of us. Apologies for being harsh. Just sick and tired of seeing leftwing propaganda on Hacker News. Especially against India. Hence created a throwaway account just to protect my identity but still voice my counter. Did not expect you to own up to your mistake. Thanks for doing the right thing. A lot of the international audience here don't know Indian political context and gauge whatever is shown on Western mainstream media to be the reality of things. But when local Indians who know regional language also contribute to that propaganda it pisses me off big time. That is why I was harsh in my comments. Apologize again for being rude.
        spacemanmatt 5y ago
        > sick and tired of seeing leftwing propaganda on Hacker News "Everyone I don't like is a leftist"
        throwaway_s1234 5y ago
        > "Everyone I don't like is a leftist" Did you change your comment from something to do with Trump to this? I chose to ignore your original comment because it did not add value to the discussion at hand. Maybe you have a grudge against Trump that you are trying to insert into a discussion on Indian politics. But at least I did not downvote. By making this edit you just proved my point. The fact that you had to change your own comment shows how it was heavily downvoted by your own peers. There is a very narrow line of thought that is appreciated here on HN. Anything that goes away from that narrow line of thought gets downvoted and flagged. Congratulations on experiencing it firsthand.
        thunderbong 5y ago
        Thank you. Politeness is an underrated quality online.
dartharva 5y ago
Here, a Harvard study: https://store.hbr.org/product/marketing-transformation-using-social-network-on-digital-media-how-bjp-used-whatsapp-to-create-a-successful-wom-campaign/IMB629 https://store.hbr.org/product/marketing-transformation-using...

source, if any?

by setum 5y ago

source, if any?

r_singh 5y ago

Watch this from 27:59 https://youtu.be/1OW7AQxpf2g https://youtu.be/1OW7AQxpf2g (Edit: it’s in Hindi)

pritambarhate 5y ago
I am from India and know Hindi. The person in Video is Mr. Amit Shah. President of BJP and Home Minister of India. At the above timestamp he says (translation): Even if it is sour or sweet, truth or false we could spread it to people because we had created a group of 32 Lac (3.2 Million) people on Whatsapp.
- r_singh 5y ago
  Apologies, revising previous comment because I misunderstood the said text. He indeed said that they created a WhatsApp account with 32 lakh people in it... Hence the translation above is correct.
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
  - throwaway_s1234 5y ago
    > He said that we have created 32 lakh WhatsApp groups (not people). Don't lie man. Not cool at all! He said "Woh isliye hopaya ki hum battis lakh WhatsApp ka EK group banakar khade the". Which translates to "it happened because we created a WhatsApp group with 32 lakh people in it". You accuse a political party of spreading misinformation and you do that yourself! Did you seriously think you are the only one who knows Hindi in Hacker News and that you can get away with this lie? There is no need to even "listen carefully". It is as audible as it gets. 32 lakh WhatsApp groups is technically crazy to pull off unless done programmatically. And what is the point of 32 lakh WhatsApp groups? It serves no purpose to have so many groups.
    - r_singh 5y ago
      Thanks for correcting me. It was a genuine error and I’m sorry.
      - throwaway_s1234 5y ago
        It is alright. Happens to the best of us. Apologies for being harsh. Just sick and tired of seeing leftwing propaganda on Hacker News. Especially against India. Hence created a throwaway account just to protect my identity but still voice my counter. Did not expect you to own up to your mistake. Thanks for doing the right thing. A lot of the international audience here don't know Indian political context and gauge whatever is shown on Western mainstream media to be the reality of things. But when local Indians who know regional language also contribute to that propaganda it pisses me off big time. That is why I was harsh in my comments. Apologize again for being rude.
        spacemanmatt 5y ago
        > sick and tired of seeing leftwing propaganda on Hacker News "Everyone I don't like is a leftist"
        throwaway_s1234 5y ago
        > "Everyone I don't like is a leftist" Did you change your comment from something to do with Trump to this? I chose to ignore your original comment because it did not add value to the discussion at hand. Maybe you have a grudge against Trump that you are trying to insert into a discussion on Indian politics. But at least I did not downvote. By making this edit you just proved my point. The fact that you had to change your own comment shows how it was heavily downvoted by your own peers. There is a very narrow line of thought that is appreciated here on HN. Anything that goes away from that narrow line of thought gets downvoted and flagged. Congratulations on experiencing it firsthand.
      - thunderbong 5y ago
        Thank you. Politeness is an underrated quality online.

dartharva 5y ago

Here, a Harvard study: https://store.hbr.org/product/marketing-transformation-using-social-network-on-digital-media-how-bjp-used-whatsapp-to-create-a-successful-wom-campaign/IMB629 https://store.hbr.org/product/marketing-transformation-using...