What is wrong with India, Every day some topic or the other keeps trending on social media, where users are seen giving their enthusiastic responses. But since Tuesday evening, only one line has been spread all over the social media and that is – What’s wrong with India. Even the social media platforms of the Government of India have used it. More than 2.5 lakh posts have been made so far.
What’s wrong with India? pic.twitter.com/uOfvXOcBYH
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) March 12, 2024
Though many Indian users blamed X’s algorithm for the initial traction involving the phrase what is wrong with India, it is unclear what started it all. Indian X users, however, hijacked the trend to make it work in their favour.
It is being told that on Tuesday evening a campaign was launched against India under the banner ‘What’s Wrong with India’. However, Indians have given a befitting reply to this.
How the Viral trend “what is wrong with India”? Started on twitter
It starts 10 days ago, when a Spanish tourist was gang-raped in Dumka, Jharkhand. The issue spread like wildfire on social media and many foreigners shared their experiences of traveling to India. Meanwhile, some accounts took up the task of tarnishing India’s image and alleged that such incidents happen on a daily basis in the country. What’s wrong with India line was used in all these posts.
Many such posts were shared in a week. The posts began promoting stereotypes related to public hygiene and culture. When such posts surfaced, there were protests in India. Some social media users in India claimed that these posts were getting unnecessary boost and blamed X’s algorithm for this.
There was a change regarding these posts on Tuesday. Many X users in India shared posts using ‘What’s Wrong With India’, but this one saw a different twist. Users shared photos and videos of similar incidents occurring in other countries. Along with this the caption was written – What’s wrong with India. Its objective was to prove that X’s algorithm was promoting posts in which anti-India content was shared.
Some of these posts, which were posted by users with less than 300 followers, were liked by more than a lakh people. The number of likes and comments on the post also surprised everyone.
Apart from this, Indian users also shared such pictures, which told the story of the country’s progress.
Not only users but the Government of India’s social media platform MyGovIndia also became a part of this campaign. He shared India’s success story.
The clippings mention how India “wiped out extreme poverty”, became the first country to successfully land on the moon’s South Pole, were praised by IMF chief for being the fastest growing economy and other countries emulating India’s advancements in digital infrastructure.
The government’s response is meant to present India in a positive light, in the wake of posts covering issues like women safety, crime, food hygiene and corruption in the country.
Several X users also supported the government, sharing pictures and videos of similar incidents which took place in other countries with the caption ‘what’s wrong with India’.
These users said they want to prove how X’s algorithm is promoting posts which had the phrase ‘what’s wrong with India’ and show the country in bad light.
India’s GDP is likely to touch $5 trillion over the next four years and will overtake Japan and Germany to become the third largest economy by 2027, financial services company Jefferies said last month.
In a note, it also said that India will become nearly a $10 trillion market by 2030 and that it will be “impossible” for large global investors to ignore the country.