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Why #Bihar is trending in Pakistan

November 8, 2015

New Delhi: Even as the Bihar assembly poll results trickled in on Sunday, the hashtag #Bihar began trending in Pakistan with Twitterati there closely following the latest updates. Such interest in a local Indian election was unprecedented. So what aroused their curiosity in this regard?

A few days ago BJP President Amit Shah had made a controversial remark saying that if his party lost Bihar polls Pakistan would celebrate by bursting crackers. Shah was thereafter accused of attempting to polarize Bihar along religious lines.

Here’s a look at some of the interesting tweets by Pakistanis on Sunday:

Why #Pakistan is celebrating victory of #MGB in #Bihar? https://t.co/6PoiSRmdzi

— Yashasvi (@rsyashasvi) November 8, 2015

I hear the firecrackers loud and clear but they seem to be bursting in #Bihar not Pakistan.

— Murtaza Solangi (@murtazasolangi) November 8, 2015

#Bihar – the top trend in Pakistan. Hardly anyone knew about these polls until Amit Shah said there’ll be fireworks in Pakistan if BJP loses

— Ashar Jawad (@AsharJawad) November 8, 2015

Seditios much, crackers going off in Bihar. It was supposed to be in Pakistan. #Bihar — Mir Burhan (@burhanspeaks) November 8, 2015

Ruling #BJP has conceded defeat in #Bihar. Some in Pakistan need to learn a bit from India on accepting electoral verdicts&not cry ‘rigging’

— Raza Ahmad Rumi (@Razarumi) November 8, 2015

Pakistan trends at 14:53: #Bihar, #NawazSlaveOfIMF, #LetsRepeatHistory, #WelcomeBackMrSpeaker, #PAKvNEP, Moin Khan, Shane Warne — Trends in Pakistan (@PakTrendStats) November 8, 2015

#Bihar is trending in Pakistan. Happy that our people are closely watching the elections there.

— Gen Hameed Gul (@GenHameedGul) November 8, 2015

People of #Bihar took revenge from #BJP by vote only due to independent election commission, this is what IK is struggling for in #Pakistan — Hooriaوڈی ڈاکٹرصاحبہ (@hooriaKhaan) November 8, 2015

Apna ilaqa #bihar trending top on twitter in Pakistan just coz they voted anti-Modi !!

— Shaheer Adil Azeem (@ShaheerAzeem) November 8, 2015

Crackers? Pakistan would care if any of this was about cricket. Otherwise a #Bihar loss or win for BJP is more imp to India than anyone else — SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) November 8, 2015

Crackers? Pakistan? What’s the joke, guys – please to share! #Bihar #BiharElections

— Yusra Askari (@YusraSAskari) November 8, 2015

Twitter Testing ‘Subscribe to Conversation’ Feature For its Users

Although, there was no indication yet if or when Twitter will deploy the change platform-wide

NewsGram Desk

March 17, 2019

Twitter, India, Smartphone — Twitter on a smartphone device. Pixabay

Micro-blogging site Twitter is testing a “subscibe to conversation” feature that would notify users everytime a tweet is added to the conversation in order to keep up with it, without actually becoming a part of the thread.

The prototype feature, that comes as a bell icon above conversation threads was spotted by reverse engineer Jane Manchun in the app’s Android version.

“This is part of our work to make Twitter more conversational,” the micro-blogging site said on Friday.

Twitter CEO — This April 26, 2017, photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. VOA

Lately, Twitter has been exploring new ways of protecting its users from hate, abusive content and fake news.

“Because of this ‘subscribe to conversation’ feature, users would not need to like or comment in a thread to receive updates and this could add a bit of anonymity,” Engadget reported.

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Although, there was no indication yet if or when Twitter will deploy the change platform-wide

Earlier this week, the company launched its beta app “Twttr” that comes with special colour specifications for conversations. It has also been experimenting with profile preview feature and an “original tweeter” labels. (IANS)