Thread by @vakibs

The Twitter UX is crap, the only reason people are here is to follow and connect to others. Unlike Facebook whose social networks are personal, Twitter is based on the influencer model. If the subset of people who are Indian influencers move out of Twitter, the rest will follow.

https://twitter.com/lazy__mongoose/status/1465915937668878347

What people don’t understand is that American internet services are the extended arm of its state, specifically the intelligence agencies. The USA is undoubtedly the most powerful army and intelligence network in the world, so it protects its interests and expands strategically.

https://twitter.com/lazy__mongoose/status/1465915557065236480

So of course, state protection is absolutely critical to compete against US alternatives, which are both covertly and overtly supported by the US state. If a non US alternative is threatening the US empire, they will do everything within their means to destroy it.

But there are valid reasons why India, or any other sovereign country got that matter, *must* develop its own internet services and specifically social media. In the event of war and civil war, misreporting by information warfare is a serious threat to sovereignty of the country.

It is about whether India realizes the seriousness of the problem before an actual attack on its sovereignty occurs (greater than the anti CAA riots, Khalistani riots etc). It might be too late when this realization occurs. There hasn’t been any learning effect so far!