After Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel allegedly termed India as a ‘poor country’, the entire nation was outraged.
To teach Snapchat a lesson, thousands of miffed users uninstalled the app and left a one-star rating. Their efforts paid off well too as Snapchat’s rating on the App Store dropped to a “single star” on Sunday morning after #boycottsnapchat trended the whole day on Twitter.
But in the midst of this, e-commerce website Snapdeal too got dragged in the drama with no reason at all. Except for confusion!
What happened?
In their anger, some ignorant users apparently mistook Snapchat for Snapdeal (for having ‘snap’ in its name) and started uninstalling it that instead. This gaffe was spotted when people took to Twitter to post screenshots of Snapdeal’s App Store reviews.
Meanwhile, The innocent child got some punishment due to his twin brother. #boycottsnapchat #Snapchat #Snapdeal pic.twitter.com/trFmlPYHJW
— Virat Kohli (@TedhiBaat_) April 16, 2017
Majority of Indians instead of deleting and giving 1 star rating to @Snapchat started to delete @snapdeal 😂
What. A. Nation. pic.twitter.com/60i3xfEAb1— عادل (@aurAdil) April 16, 2017
There is lot of difference between snapdeal and snapchat…..
wake up guys pic.twitter.com/yOzIlzVyOZ— ashok randy 😎 (@itsashrandy) April 16, 2017
Meanwhile in Playstore. Snapdeal is collateral damage. https://t.co/KXSOR1tqYW pic.twitter.com/DqRzNUXV02
— Reddit India (@redditindia) April 16, 2017
Some Indian dumbasses are rating SnapDeal app 1 star instead of SnapChat. #BMKJ pic.twitter.com/ZcXiFqNCRU
— Madhu Menon (@madmanweb) April 16, 2017
Check the hilarity that ensued
#boycottscreenshots pic.twitter.com/vpzItos6Z2
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) April 16, 2017
Companies starting with snap names seems to go out of mind. We have witnessed #snapdeal sinking,looks like same will happen with #Snapchat
— Abhimanyu Manocha (@AbhimanyuM) April 16, 2017
Snapdeal always suffers, first because of aamir khan and now this Snapchat. I feel pity for them 😁😁
— Anoop (@BeerChilled) April 16, 2017
Boycotting Snapdeal instead of Snapchat is the equivalent of slapping Arbaaz Khan because you’re angry with Roger Federer.
— Sahil Shah (@SahilBulla) April 16, 2017
After spending Rs.200 crores on branding @snapdeal must be wondering today why people can’t make out it’s not @Snapchat
— Mahesh Murthy (@maheshmurthy) April 16, 2017
Indians getting confused in Snapdeal and Snapchat. pic.twitter.com/lsBfTsxAgz
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 16, 2017
People boycotting snapdeal thinking it’s Snapchat ismore insulting for India than someone calling Indiapoor. #boycottsnapchat #MIvGL
— Virender Sehwag (@VirenderSehweg) April 16, 2017
Perhaps this will sum it up for you