After WhatsApp announced a adjust in its privacy policy, signaling elevated information sharing with parent organization Facebook, thousands of wary customers announced their selection to switch to other messaging apps. The reputation of messaging apps like Telegram and Signal rose following WhatsApp’s announcement final week, with each services adding new customers in big numbers. Telegram, which emerged as one particular of the leading options to WhatsApp, appears to be obtaining a lot of enjoyable at WhatsApp’s expense.
After mocking WhatsApp’s new policy of sharing user information with Facebook with a classic two Spider-Man meme, Telegram identified a different fitting meme to take a dig at the messaging app.
On Sunday, Telegram tweeted a GIF of the coffin dancers meme with a snapshot of WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy superimposed on leading. The coffin dancers are a group of pallbearers in Ghana who carry out at funerals. The darkly comic coffin dancers meme originated final year following a video of the pallbearers went hugely viral on social media.
Take a appear at Telegram’s tweet beneath:
— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) January 10, 2021
Telegram’s pointed dig at WhatsApp has racked up more than 2.5 lakh ‘likes’ and thousands of reactions.
The cause am downloading telegram is due to the fact of their Twitter guy????
— iamstanley◽ (@chidistanley34) January 10, 2021
— Gokula Krishnan (@gokulabala) January 10, 2021
I really feel like they’ve got a ‘no clap backs’ policy. I’m nevertheless waiting on the final one particular. pic.twitter.com/7xTvQoMMlw
— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) January 10, 2021
A couple of days ago, Telegram had shared a different ‘no caption needed’ meme on WhatsApp.
— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) January 8, 2021
Meanwhile, messaging app Signal also celebrated the rise in their reputation. On Saturday, it shared a snapshot which shows Signal topping the list of cost-free apps, relegating WhatsApp to the second spot.
Look at what you have performed. ???????? pic.twitter.com/0YuqyZXtgP
— Signal (@signalapp) January 8, 2021
Signal is an encrypted, privacy-focused messaging app. Developed by a nonprofit foundation, it is supported by user donations. Like Signal, Telegram focuses on user privacy as well, providing customers the choice to use its Secret Chat function to bring complete finish-to-finish encryption of chats.