Tag: Facebook india

  • Facebook blocks user accounts in India with the word “Chutia” in them

    PluggdIn is reporting that Facebook has blocked user accounts in India which contain the Hindi expletive “Chutia” in them. It looks like an attempt to get rid of fake profiles from the social network. However, this move seems to be causing trouble for people from the “Chutia” community of Assam (pronounced Sutiya). Facebook does not…

  • Facebook crosses 12 million users in India. All set to overtake orkut

    Everyone knows that Facebook recently crossed 500 million users worldwide.  What many might not know that Facebook also crossed 12 million users in India. At this rate, it will be able to overtake orkut very soon. Facebook announced this milestone on the official Facebook India page. As part of the celebration. Facebook has launched the…

  • Facebook in Indian languages is pointless

    It seems Facebook is desperately trying to attract more Indian visitors. First, they tried to pull in the Orkut crowd and now they want non-English speaking people as well. The orkut move was actually nice as it’s the most popular social networking website in India and Facebook can find a lot of regular users from…