These are the types of Whatsapp Channels Indians get recommended

https://lemmy.world/post/38158302

Are these ladies of negotiable affection, or is it like onlufans advertising?
Honestly… I don’t even know. Looking at the quality of images most of them seem fake channels — the original images seem to have been scraped from personal FB/Insta or some malicious app on someone’s phone that has full gallery access or maybe ex-boyfriends making their lives a hell. But some of them… yes, they seem Onyfanish type accounts who later start promoting some small brands to make a buck. Most of these channels seem to come from small towns and tier 2 cities.
At lot of poo related stuff

A Pooja is a sort of ceremonial prayer. It’s also a common name associated with some actresses who were or are attractive.

As an aside theres a movie “Khabie Kushi Khabie Gum” with a character named Pooja living in the UK. The filmmakers decided should have the nickname (drumroll please) Poo. No, it is not possible to take seriously.

Thank you for explaining
Some of those pictures look very young, too
Ikr. At this point I won’t even be surprised if it is some fat ass uncle who is into pedos handling this shit who shits his RSS-BJP (nazis of India) propaganda to others.
Meta trying to replace pornhub and onlyfans
Otherwise they wouldn’t have pirated thousands of porn movies
I know WhatsApp is like the international standard but you all need to get off that shit. Meta should be boycotted globally.
Tell this to my family who thinks it is the most revolutionary piece of technology ever created and shun me to speak out. :(

Signal her group messaging too. Sleep had usernames.

Send out messages… “hey install this privacy messaging app.”

Then start making groups then start sending jokes and funny funny videos on the group messaging channels.

Must people will actually do their research when they see it and install it initially.

It’s when you try to get people on it with one on one texting is when i find it the most difficult because you’re the only person they will use it with.

Tried that 3 years and got called out as paranoid. 🥲

[Most] people will actually do their research when they see it and install it initially.

Will they though? Do you know most people? I doubt most people will do research. I think a large share of Lemmers will do the research. But we can be a different kind of people in certain aspects.

I’m my experience, Yes. I just say it’s privacy oriented and when I say research, basically they will look up a search result or 2 and call if a day.

[In] my experience

Anecdotal evidence might be uplifting but, alas, not really general proof. But I’m really glad you found a way to get people to switch! I see your persistence and it’s impressive. ✊

I don’t understand why this is just ok everywhere. People are swearing off American tech in droves, yet somehow this one gets a free pass.
FYI a lot of Indian government agencies use WhatsApp for their everyday operations. Most Indians don’t care about the US stuff, all they need is WhatsApp
I still don’t get it. If WhatsApp is ok, why not Facebook messenger? Why not instagram dm’s? Meta alleges that WhatsApp is “encrypted”, but why would anyone believe that? Is “trust me bro” good enough for the government of a nuclear power? And yes I know the US is no better, but India’s government relying on a commercial product from an American spy company is bonkers. It would be like the the EU using WeChat.

The encryption happens client side, so it’s easy to verify that it’s happening.

Metadata sent with messages (who you’re talking to, when the message was sent etc) isn’t encrypted.

There’s still no reason to believe that they don’t have a back door to the message content. It’s closed source, and they’re an evil company whose entire business model is surveillance through lack of privacy. I know where I would put my chips.
The last time i haar fb messenger installed is years ago, but it used to drain the battery like crazy. Much more than whatsapp.
WhatsApp is at least E2EE but Instagram isn’t even E2EE. Even Facebook Messenger is safer. Although, out of all the Meta apps, WhatsApp is the safest bet. I’m not necessarily promoting and saying you should use WhatsApp but just saying that it’s a safer bet. If you want an actual privacy respecting messaging app, check out Signal. If you wanna be anonymous, use SimpleX Chat
People are too ignorant to care about spyware and privacy. Can’t do much about that.

I’ll contend the biggest play Meta ever did was buying Whatsapp. They saw the app had reached critical mass and was an actual necessity, unlike their facebook crap which only appeals to a certain subset of people.

And now we’re all stuck with it and Meta’s enshitification and progressive privacy violations.

What’s a “WhatsApp channel”?

Whats a “WhatsApp”?

It’s messenger app your mom texts me on.
TIL Whatsapp has channels.
I guess we know where all the porn data Meta torrented went to…
Prem kahani?
Indian Smuts slop.
I hate channels very much but my hatred for the channels recomendation is unparalleled, and I’m not even indian

TIL you can click updates for shit like this.

I sincerely thought WhatsApp was just a pure messaging service. Using it for years and never once clicked that.

TIL too. I just checked it and apparently Billie Eilish and Indian Cricket Team are top in my recommends. I’m indifferent to Billie Eilish and I don’t watch cricket.
Not only if this disgusting, but the lack of gay fodder is appalling!
You guys are like the most crowded people on this planet, sure there are shit-ton of gay dude amongst you. Why leave that market out?
Is it criminal/illegal to love cocks in India?

Not formally criminalized but socially stigmatized Im sure.

But I’m sure theres a Hrithik Roshan jerk off channel somewhere on there too, dont worry.

It used to be a crime until 2018 until the supreme court ruled against it. But it is still a stigma.

Pooja sounds almost exactly like “polla” in Spanish, which means “cock” (with a vulgar connotation).

I almost peed myself when I went to India and somebody told me “Hi, I’m Polla”

People actually pay attention to these?! 💀
Just checked and this is mine and its worse.
Is that the exchange rate? Goon twice for every prayer
Having recommended channel on a direct messagerie app is infuriating enough. But they always find a way to have us even more mad.
I get reccomended slop for kids, not AI slop, actual human slop content

I’m from Germany and I get recommendations for all kinds of German police forces (for each major city). Added to that, I often get channels for microwave recipes or random channels underage teenagers have created.

What a great system!

God! few weeks ago i saw one with child porn🤦🏻‍♀️