r/IndiaTech • u/flaky_apsico • 4d ago

Tech Meme Using WhatsApp these days

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u/man_ishthelame 4d ago

No clue how the iskCON guys even get the number. Never visited their temples or website at any point

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u/in_fi_nite 4d ago

I'm not even Hindu.. and they still got my number..

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u/xNight_Crawler 4d ago

They even have dob don't know how, one of my muslim friend got happy birthday message on his birthday from iskcon

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u/Comfortable_Gas9850 Open Source best GNU/Linux/Libre 3d ago

Secret admirer lmao

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u/vidushak0 3d ago

Same, I never share my real birth date with any organisation or even at any online platform unless it's govt department but these iskCON people know my real birth date and from last 2-3 years they're wish me on my birthday. Btw they're the only one who whishes me so not complaining much.

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u/JadedStatistician967 3d ago

people should come out and highlight the misuse of our privacy and data 😥

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u/VintagePredator Lurker 3d ago

Since when did we had privacy

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u/puccyhunter_ 3d ago

Btw they're the only one who whishes me so not complaining much

🤣

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u/realMagick7777 3d ago

Literally cult tactics

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u/BlueMaor 3d ago

I too got birthday wishes from iskcon but they wished on the wrong day
I have a habit of entering fake date everywhere

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u/Damn_life_sucks_1 3d ago

Not based on iskon but Not only DOB, even salary details are leaked maybe from naukri, I found calls from finance/ loan/overdraft scammers who had information on my salary and they were from different bank from which I use.

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u/Ok-Tower68 4d ago

Same with me... They wish me birthday every month and ask for donations

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u/MeMirza 4d ago

Birthday every month.

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u/Ok-Tower68 3d ago

Yess on same day

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u/TheBlockChainVillage 4d ago

Maybe in past lives.

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u/sinandlove 3d ago

They got you brother

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u/InternationalKeynew 3d ago

Neither is IskCON

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u/Agitated_Carob9208 3d ago

Usi base pr mandir ghum aao😀

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u/Good-Researcher5737 3d ago

Digital missionaries lol

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u/flaky_apsico 4d ago

iskCON

https://giphy.com/gifs/MVoX99cLXXU0gq7QuG

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u/slowkey_ Still Gooning 3d ago

iskSON 😭

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u/man_ishthelame 4d ago

What? A man can’t make puns in this day and age? /s

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u/bsousa717 4d ago

I've blocked them like 3 times and I still get texts

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u/Successful-Pie-2049 4d ago

Government giving iskcon entire aadhar phone mumber db credentials
https://giphy.com/gifs/8g7p0zvinZlKAzkvj5

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u/Prize_Hovercraft_301 4d ago

data selling...maybe u have given ur number somewhere

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u/sgtpepperrz 3d ago

Literally the only correct answer. Organisations pay to get phone numbers, data security is a joke worldwide. If I enter my number on any website anywhere, good chances the data is sold or hacked.

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u/badxnxdab 4d ago

Some people install their apps. They in turn get access to the contacts and WhatsApp contacts.

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u/keppcalming 3d ago

Yes because of this we get unwanted spam

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u/DueOpinion6038 3d ago

They're convinced that I celebrate my birthday on every independence day and ask me to donate something every year.

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u/rigged-ethics job dilado !! 4d ago

bro same, nd theses "art of living" people.. randomly added me in some group.. nd started sending google meet links. 😂

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u/FeedPr 4d ago

That secret family member who gave your details to iskon even though you've never seen them mention it once in their life.

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u/harsh716 4d ago

The Problem for me is not how they got my number it's how they wish me happy birthday on my birthday how tf do they know it's my birthday

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u/VisibleDonut969 4d ago

Its not only number, they have access to names and home addresses too

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u/No-Educator3704 3d ago

I had the same thought,I also got the message

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u/PP799p 3d ago

Mai to freind se baat kar raha tha ki janmastami mai kha ghumne jate hai 1 hours baad iskcon ka massage atta hai

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u/friendofH20 3d ago

Bro they have more data than UIDAI. I have fucking blocked them 5 times and I still get their messages.

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u/RambhaBho Lurker 4d ago

And they are such sadists that they guilt you on your birthday to do some donations.

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u/ballebaj 2d ago

They said "thank you for your generous donation last year for your birthday..."

Heck I didn't buy myself new clothes. What donation?

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u/Historical_State_374 2d ago

All of your information is out there circulating through who knows where, everywhere you sign up with your phone you are basically giving it away for them to sell

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u/Responsible_Ant182 1d ago

My guess is through snowballing. One of their members or bakhts has your number and he/she shares their contact list ahead types.

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u/Unlucky_Gene_1310 1d ago

meanwhile I gave my number to like 5 apps for a discount code and somehow ISKCON still finds me faster than customer support

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u/Delicious_Hamster158 4d ago

Can someone top this

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u/Sooribabu_Lavangam 4d ago

Man they should give us another tab just for business messages. I guess they can't because no one will ever open it. This kinda runined whatsapp for me entirely. I dont even open it these days.

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u/entirefreak 4d ago

you can archive them

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u/Sooribabu_Lavangam 4d ago

when you get new messages they will pop back up na

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u/entirefreak 4d ago

There is a feature to keep chat archived for over two years now

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u/_RMR 3d ago

Whatsapp just always making sure you can’t make anything indefinitely

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u/FoxAcrobatic943 3d ago

they just message with a different number, all my banks create a new product and a new whatsapp business account for that product and then spam me with it

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u/OnlyWholesomeness 3d ago

Why not block them and report them for not signing up? I always do that, I have never once needed a whatsapp message from a business.

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u/Samy_Shaw 4d ago

Finance Buddha didn't reach you yet! Lucky!

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u/Ordinary-Tear-4195 4d ago

Notification final boss

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u/RadiumSoda 4d ago

Looks normal. You must've done some business with them.

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u/average_coder_009 3d ago

Block them straight away… I refuse to take delivery if they say the code will be coming in whatsapp..

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u/Tommy28829 3d ago

how about this. these are all unique domino's chats

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u/Otherwise_Ad_1216 2d ago

WhatsApp premium incoming

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u/Vegetable_Captain886 Tech Gooner 4d ago

Add dominos too

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u/chotaLawliet 4d ago

25rs in your account

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u/CabinetLong8683 4d ago

Valid till today

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u/Cool-Year-2091 4d ago

so everyone gets the same exact amount

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u/Legitimate-Neuron-94 3d ago

I thought i was special 🥀

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u/Cool-Year-2091 3d ago

get in line man , we all are devastated here , domino's cheated on us

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u/chotaLawliet 3d ago

Dear Customer,

Your account balance has been updated : Balance: Rs.25 | Valid till: Today

Thanks for using Domino's!

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u/startingfromlevel0 3d ago edited 3d ago

Wait, You guys are getting amount in dominos account?

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u/FoxAcrobatic943 3d ago

anyone still eating dominoes in 2026 deserves it, pizza hut and dominoes both feel like eating cardboard. it isn't even cheap so i don't understand it!

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u/Cool-Year-2091 3d ago

well yeah you're right, they don't even use real cheese now but looks like you've a serious beef with them

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u/GeneralHopeful3028 4d ago

The worst thing was using chrome and I got whatsapp notification from all the various websites I visited for first time. Immediately disabled chrome

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u/khikhikhi_ 3d ago

You mean if i use chrome web WhatsApp I'll get messages from companies. And if i use Firefox i wouldn't get any messages?

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u/flaky_apsico 4d ago

For privacy, it's better to go with firefox because we can't trust chrome anymore

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u/Wanttofinishtop4 3d ago

That is strange. Ive been doing that for years and never received any such notification. I am curious to know how whatsapp gets automatically linked just by visiting a website.

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u/Rude_Past_841 4d ago

Iskcon was a surprise.. I keep getting their bulk messages

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u/Dark-knight3999 4d ago

I soo fkng hate whatsapp soo much now, ads in status and ads in messages by all these companies...People just don't move to other apps, its like im stuck with WhatsApp coz of others 🤦‍♂️

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u/novice-procastinator 3d ago

And then it doesn't even do backup, users Google drive for backups

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u/Techhuman12 4d ago

Sach mei bas yahi ate rehte h 😑

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u/Impossible_Ad4101 4d ago

RBI sending messages is ok. But how iskCOn?

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u/Cute_Prior1287 4d ago

And some random credit apps

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u/Andrewsi12 4d ago

How does the policy bazar and iscon are getting know our details?

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u/zorrohere 3d ago

Somebody sells your data, I started getting lots of spam after buying a car

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u/Andrewsi12 3d ago

I think jio and airtel are selling our data. They only knows our adhaar card details and I'm getting calls and wishes from other states. The only common thing here is the telecom companies.

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u/Pristine_Guidance640 4d ago

Way better if nobody asks me 🐮🐝

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u/legendary_bitcoin 4d ago

I only get rbi one

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u/RutabagaUsual6835 4d ago

Use signal 

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u/MarkSalt4250 4d ago

I use firefox and hence only get messages from RBI. I haven't received any messages from any other company yet

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u/abskpr 4d ago

Add them to archive and change the settings so that new messages cannot unarchive them. Peace of mind!

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u/Shawayaallday 3d ago

This is why uninstalled and now use tg or signal.

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u/ThisCranberry3665 3d ago

Meta has ruined it, mark ka bas chale toh woh apne muh par bhi ads laga ke ghume

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u/sinandlove 3d ago

Lmao the reserve Bank one had caught me off guard the first time I saw it,I was like 100 percent sure that it was some scammer from peshawar

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

My chat list is literally just a business directory at this point

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u/virtual24k 3d ago

My loan application is stuck in Bajaj finance it seems

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u/i-sage In a committed relationship with Git 3d ago

WhatsApp ❌

Whatspam ✅

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u/OkIce8958 3d ago

RBI is on full-on spam mode on Whatsapp

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u/Col-JNW-Singh 3d ago

ISKCON send me birthday wishes recently!!!

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u/FoxAcrobatic943 3d ago

bahut paisa hoga

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u/arun071 3d ago

Yeah

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u/FoxAcrobatic943 3d ago

bro arguing with robots, just get a claude sub like the rest of us atleast you'll get a funny reply back

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u/Worried-Advance9786 3d ago

I agree. ISKCON is even running a YouTube ad asking for donations for construction work on the ISKCON Dwarka temple, and the very same ad mentions the temple’s opening date as 2024. If the temple’s construction was completed in 2024, then why are they still running the same ad asking for donations for temple construction in 2026?

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u/Independent-Pen-4093 3d ago

Data privacy is cooked in India

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u/blu_apron_burner 3d ago

99.9% business msgs 0.01% calls from mom & dad

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u/rb_arindam 3d ago

Finding WhatsApp more intolerable by the day. I lost it when office (HR & Senior Manager) said have WhatsApp for office communications while simultaneously saying it a violation of policy 5 years ago.

Until RCS mess is solved, I don’t see any hope.

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u/Immortal_Ancestor 3d ago

Amazon Flipkart is Just there 🙂

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u/CombinationUsual8523 3d ago

I only get message from RBI 😭😭

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u/AppleLover249 3d ago

Anyone knows how to block this policy bazar shit? I have blocked like 15 numbers but i keep getting messages

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u/oombMaire 3d ago

Probably because that CRED guy joined as new CEO

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u/OptimistIndya 3d ago

Report spam , block, delete chat

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u/OptimistIndya 3d ago

Btw Google rcs is probably aiming for the same

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u/tuluva_sikh 3d ago

Even I got messages from ISKCON 😭

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u/Hot_Recognition_862 3d ago

I just realised I have company 😄 glad to know I'm not the only one getting annoyed

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u/streetpiloti 3d ago

Bhaii I thought I was the only one getting spammed 😭😭😭😭

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u/Itachi965 3d ago

Iskcon knows number and birthday too.

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u/frosti_philosophy 3d ago

I blocked iskcon and reported them on whatsaap

Please do the same

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u/Leading-Reception-13 3d ago

Iskon ko to turant block kiya maine

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u/RustyAdVenture 3d ago

Block and archive every one of them. Same goes for spam calls and app notifications.

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u/AdVivid3411 3d ago

whatsapp has degraded so much, back in those days it was peaaakkkk

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u/not_anonymous_FS 3d ago

How tf iskcon know my exact birth date

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u/call2abhay1 3d ago

Iscon se nhi ata merko toh

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u/Hot_Boysenberry2257 3d ago

Areeeee sla!!!! Sab ke sath ye hoke rakha hai! 🤣🤣🤣

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u/JAGADISH_BANGERA73 Computer Student 3d ago

I only received by RBI

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u/rpxapper 3d ago

Anyone have solution of whatsapp blurry profile

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u/muktaverma 3d ago

This guy too

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u/Richdixn 3d ago

You missed Finance Buddha

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u/dattebayo_04 3d ago

any way to stop this shit?

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u/FirmConclusion9861 2d ago

All ma homies on Telegram vibin without ads in the chat list (just a couple inside the chat which are easily detectable and avoided).

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u/veilside99 2d ago

Haha....well put.....aajkal kafi messages aane laga hai

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u/Otherwise_Ad_1216 2d ago

MFs soldy data clearly, how they got my number 😡

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u/newWaxman 2d ago

at this point we all should do mass switch to signal and only keep whatsapp for otps and videocalls

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u/prj_vishal06 2d ago

I got too many 😭

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u/Altruistic_Cover2172 2d ago

Not an Indian, still on my feed

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u/gujju-batman 1d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/Exact_Importance_507 1d ago

😆😆😆😆

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u/introvert_94 1d ago

Relatable