Like Twitter, Koo is also a microblogging platform. It has been called Made in India Twitter because it is trying to establish itself as an alternative to Twitter.
Koo Vs Twitter: How different is the Koo app from Twitter?
Twitter’s wrangling with the central government is going on regarding the new IT Rules 2021. The central government says that Twitter is reluctant to implement the new IT rules. On the other hand, Twitter is defending itself on this issue. Meanwhile, in the last few weeks, the popularity of Koo App, which is called Desi Twitter, is increasing. Although the Ku app has now crossed the 50 lakh mark compared to the 100 million downloads of the Twitter app from the Google Play Store alone, it is becoming increasingly popular.
Ministers of the Central Government are also promoting the Koo App, which has won the App Innovation Challenge under the Self-Reliant India Campaign. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also discussed this in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ program. While many big leaders of BJP including Union Minister Piyush Goyal have appreciated it.
What is Koo?
Like Twitter, Koo is also a microblogging platform. It has been called Made in India Twitter because it is trying to establish itself as an alternative to Twitter. Koo can be used as an app and website. The interface of this app is also similar to Twitter. On this too, you can share your point through text, photo, audio, video content.
Koo and Twitter have many similarities
Most of the features of Koo App are similar to Twitter. The similarity between both the apps is that you can share text, photos and videos on both the platforms. However, there is a difference of some things between the two. Both the apps are available on Google Play Store for Android and Apple Store for iPhone. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is Jack Dorsey while Koo App is owned by Apramaya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidavatka.
Difference between Koo and Twitter
- Twitter is an American company and it is 15 years old, while Koo is an Indian app, it is a new app.
- Twitter is a global microblogging app and there are common people including international level celebrities, while Indian people are present on Koo.
- Twitter was created in March 2006 and launched in July 2006. Indian app Koo has been launched in March 2020.
- You need an email ID to create a Twitter account, while a valid mobile number is also sufficient to create an account on the Koo app.
- Twitter is available in English language, while Koo App was launched in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. Now it is available in 9 native languages including Hindi, English.
- The characters limit in Twitter was 140, which has been increased to 280, while the word limit in Koo App has been kept at 350. That is, in this you can keep your talk a little longer.
- Due to spending 15 years in the social platform world, Twitter has become quite famous and is popular all over the world. At the same time, it has been only a year and a half for the Koo app and it will take some time to become popular. However, apart from people from politics, Bollywood, business world, government ministries, departments etc. are becoming increasingly active on this as well.
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