Thread by @saahilmenghani

#VERIFIED #OperationHashtag

👉Reality of the hashtag- #Hinduphobic_Bollywood & how twitter trends are managed

👉Syndicates use private facebook groups to make such hashtags trend

👉I managed to get a source inside one such group who took me deep inside it. READ ON😁

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👉This hashtag was trended because of #PatalLok which they feel is Hinduphobic

👉They began by trolling #PataalLok producer @AnushkaSharma & then @imVkohli

👉Soon it became about the entire bollywood & usual suspects came on their radar, like- @sonamakapoor & @ReallySwara

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👉This pvt group has both men & women

👉Some of its members were SAD that #CycloneAmphan was trending above #Hinduphobic_Bollywood. How humane!

👉For instance, take a look at this comment made while celebrating hashtag's success by a member of this private Facebook group👇

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👉The group has 8.2K members & is one of the many private FB groups running as part of a syndicate to make
discourse on twitter vitriolic

👉Run in very organized manner, with
dedicated members for composing
tweet content, choosing pics etc

👉Screenshot of the pvt group👇

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👉Game begins with the admin posting a hashtag in the FB group

👉Other members start tweeting using the hashtag. They tag influencers

👉Tweets against their hashtag are also shared so that other members could attack the critics together

👉Screenshots of the pvt group👇

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👉These private Facebook groups put in their might in hours long marathon tweeting to make Hindutva hashtags trend

👉Language used in these tweets is sexist, communal & abusive

👉It's a TRAP laid to attract responses from the 'other' side, which many end up falling for

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👉By sheer volume of tweets, these groups make a hate-filled & reaction-evoking hashtag trend

👉Eg- This group single-handedly trended #Hinduphobic_Bollywood the entire evening yday

👉Influencers from the 'other' side jumped in to counter BUT ended up helping this group

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👉All screenshots are of a PRIVATE FB group &were accessed by me through a whistleblower member

👉These are folks who spam your twitter & are NOT interested in exchange of views. Moral of the story is IGNORE THEM. Spend your twitter real estate on amplifying good journalism

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