“TOOTER” – The ‘Made in India’ Twitter

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The substitute for Twitter has been launched by India named TOOTER.
The app was developed earlier this year but has taken over the internet since November 24.
The app is similar to Twitter and it calls itself as the representative of ‘Swadeshi Andolan 2.0’.
Twitter is flooded with Tooter memes and people are Tweeting Toots on Twitter.

India now has a ‘Swadeshi’ Twitter named as TOOTER. The app has hit the internet and the meme makers have got new material for them. Tooter’s interface is similar to that of Twitter that has a white-n-blue color scheme. The app icon is also almost similar and uses a Conch Shell (Shank) instead of a bird on a blue background.

The app is active since the months of June-July, but it grabbed the attention of the netizens on Tuesday, November 24, on Twitter.

Tooter claims to be ‘Swadeshi Andolan 2.0’. Tooter says – “We believe that India should have a Swadeshi social network. Without one we are just a digital colony of the American Twitter India Company, no different than what we were under the British East India Company. Tooter is our Swadeshi Andolan 2.0. Join us in this Andolan. Join us!”

All you need to know about ‘TOOTER’!

Tooter allows the users to make a profile and make lists.
There is a news feed, you follow people, you ‘TOOT’ not Tweet!
Users can follow other accounts, read through a feed, and customise groups and lists.
Tooter allows users to sign up with Gmail and Yahoo accounts only.
The Tooter app is available only for Android and the web, not for iOS devices as of now.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Kiran Bedi, Smriti Irani, Rahul Gandhi, Sadhguru, Abhishek Bachchan, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni among other famous personalities who already have verified accounts.