@prav app has over 1000 users and #prav users can talk to an even bigger number of people on #xmpp network (people who use apps like Monocles Chat, Monal or Dino).

You are invited to try it on #android or #ios

Prav community has over 100 members (https://codema.in/prav has 113 members and our xmpp group has 131 members) who has opted in to join these groups.

Prav cooperative has 38 members from Kerala. We are making progress to add members from other states.

Everyone is invited to join us.

Many of us travel to events and promote #FreeSoftware #privacy and #federation

More people can volunteer to travel to events if we can pay their expenses.

So please donate to our event bursaries fund at https://prav.app/donate/event-bursaries/

If you donate before June 30, Prav will receive a matching amount from a community member.

So you donate $1 and Prav gets $2.

Learn more at
https://prav.app/blog/matching-donation-fundraiser/

#prav #xmpp

Have you seen any app offering you to be an owner instead of just a user?

Not just the app on your device, own the full platform!

@prav is different, it is owned by users, so users collectively decide the policies and features of the app.

But this new experiment can sustain only if more users participate.

Would you join this new kind of platform owned by users?

https://prav.app/become-a-member/

#prav #xmpp #FreeSoftware #cooperative

I donated 1000 rupees to cover SMS costs for @prav , would you consider donating ?

You can donate at https://prav.app/donate/hosting-and-sms/

Learn more about why we need to send SMS at https://prav.app/blog/funding-our-sms-expenses/

#WhatsApp network effects are very strong and we need to go out of our comfort zones to be able to build a wide network for #XMPP.

We need all kinds of contributions from a lot of people to be able to sustain and effort like #Prav.

I also help out in other ways in addition to being the Chaiperson.

@prav is an #XMPP service which makes onboarding easier for users. I use it on a daily basis for my communications. I am also the part of the community as I help in outreach, update the website and officially the CEO of the cooperative.

Prav sends OTP by SMS to the user for registration, similar to WhatsApp or Telegram.

We need your help in raising funds to keep sending these OTPs.

Check out this link if you would like to donate https://prav.app/donate/hosting-and-sms/

More details are in our blog post https://prav.app/blog/funding-our-sms-expenses/

#FreeSoftware #fundraiser #OpenSource #Prav

New ad for @prav

The country may not be respecting your right to vote, but Prav does😛

Join the cooperative now to avail your voting rights.

Learn more at https://prav.app/become-a-member/

#Prav #India #XMPP

So due to spammers, our sms bill shot up to Rs.10000 in a week, I hope some of you can send some donations our way, Thank you 🙇.

Read more about it here - https://prav.app/blog/funding-our-sms-expenses/

So if you don't know https://prav.app, it is a messaging service inspired by Quicksy, basically our aim with this is to get Indian Non-Technies people to move off from the Whatsapp Monopoly we currently have here, So that they learn about open ecosystem and make their own choices.

#prav #xmpp #fedi #request

@prav sms api was hit by bots and we got an unusual 10k rupees bill.

Would you help to cover it? We are yet to reach a stage of regular income to cover our expenses.

We hope to eventually fund ourselves from direct user subscriptions, but it will take more time to reach that position.

Until then we need support from people like you who believe in federated and Free Software messaging.

https://prav.app/blog/funding-our-sms-expenses/

#prav #FreeSoftware #SMS #xmpp