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  • Allah@lemmy.worldOPtoTechnology@lemmy.world•TikTok Alternative Lemon8 Could Be Banned TooEnglish
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    7 days ago

    what are your thoughts on Koo app? it was found when our government (UP) started mass censorship of twitter in 2019 nov, this lead to people migrating to mastodon and some created koo as alternative of twitter

    koo is also popular in brazil and nigeria

    also a funny incident i want to share

    After crises involving the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk in 2022, Koo became an attractive social network for Brazilian users.[15] According to one of the founders, Aprameya Radhakrishna, until 16 November, only two thousand Brazilian users used Koo, which placed Brazil in position 75 on the list of countries with the most lifetime unique users. On the 18th alone, more than a million Brazilians registered on the social network, which placed Brazil in second place on the list.[16] The app featured at number 1 in the Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store in Brazil. Soon Portuguese support was added in the App.[17] Koo received so many submissions and comments that the site became unstable. Personalities such as Felipe Neto, Casimiro, Bruno Gagliasso and Pocah created their accounts on the social network. The name “Koo”, which has the same pronunciation as “cu”, a vulgar term for the anus in Portuguese language, drew attention of users.[18] Koo held a poll on Twitter asking Brazilians if the name of the social network should be changed, which was rejected. Koo reached the Top 3 of Twitter’s trending topics in Brazil.[19]

    the app later shut down in 2024