Oh but the *more* bad news is that bots started using our API to start signing up but not actually sign up with 🤖
https://prav.app/blog/funding-our-sms-expenses/
The good news is that we found out and turned on Twilio's Anti-Fraud system which seems to be keeping away most of the automatic requests 🛡️
The bad news is that we already spent ₹10,000 ($100) 🪫
The good news is we might be able to get a refund (but aren't sure about it, let's see) 🔄
Hippo 🍉
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2026-05-28 11:53:17 UTC
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