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Re:People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycot... by virtuabhi on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:53PM (#14135458)
Even in US people get pumped up and start boycotting at any issue. Recently, I have seen Boycott Target (transgender bathrooms?), Boycott Starbucks (hiring refugess?), Boycott Lowe Hardware (abortions?), Boycott some fast food chain (CEO said he opposes same-sex marriage?), and many more ...

Obviously, its always only a vocal minority which participates in #Boycott, but same is the case in India too! On the other hand, "as an Indian" you should not be so much affected by this #Protest. Please remember that India is a vast country and no single group represents can represent all of India. And this action is quite trivial (and non-violent!) and 0% (after rounding off) of the population participated in it.

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Re:People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycot... by frozenport on Monday April 17, 2017 @08:45PM (#14135672)
I live in the US and haven't heard of any of these, with the exception of Chick-fil-A.
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Re:People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycot... by hkmurakami on Monday April 17, 2017 @09:28PM (#14135849)
Boycott Target is apparently a huge phenomenon affecting their bottom line (mainly in Southern States) and prompting many customers to switch to Walmart.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-target-botched-its-response...

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Re:People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycot... by charia on Monday April 17, 2017 @08:50PM (#14135692)
I guess either you place yourself in amongst company or in an area that is not significantly politically active.
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Re:People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycot... by jmgrosen on Monday April 17, 2017 @09:22PM (#14135822)
I'm in highly politically active company (college) in a highly politically active area (Cambridge), and I've also only heard of the Chick-fil-A boycott. I don't use Facebook, though, so if people have only been spreading it over traditional social media and not word-of-mouth, I may not have heard of them.
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Re:People in India are angry at Snapchat but they are boycot... by acheron on Monday April 17, 2017 @09:40PM (#14135891)
Three of his examples were "socially conservative" boycotts, and one was a "socially progressive" boycott. So it's not all that surprising that you only heard of one (guess which) while going to college in Cambridge.
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