Commands List
Basic Commands:
- HELP: Starts the Help Menu
- TOPICS: Starts a menu with a list of interesting topics to 'follow'
- INVITE: Invites people to join Pring
- REPORT: Reports a user on Pring
Service Settings:
- STOP: Turns the service off
- START: Turns the service on
- OFF: Turns the service off
- ON: Turns the service on
- QUIT: Turns the service off
- MUTE: Turns the service off for a specified time
Account Settings:
- ABOUTME: Sets the "about me" text of a user
- INFO: Retrieves the "about me" text of a user
- WHOIS: Retrieves the "about me" text of a user
- NAME: Changes the username
- STAT: Retrieves a user's stats on Pring
- STATS: Retrieves the user's own stats on Pring
- UNSUB: Deletes an account
- ZABAAN: Retrieves user's current language setting
- ENGLISH: Sets default language as English
- URDU: Sets default language as Urdu
Privacy Settings:
- PRIVACY: Starts the "privacy settings" wizard
- PRIVATE: Sets the user's profile to private
- PUBLIC: Sets the user's profile to public
- DEFAULT: Sets the user's profile to default
- ALLOW: Accepts a follow request
- BLOCK: Blocks a user
- UNBLOCK: Unblocks a user
Make Friends:
- ADD: Lets a user follow someone's prings
- FOLLOW: Lets a user follow someone's prings
- UNFOLLOW: Lets a user unfollow someone's prings
- DELETE: Lets a user unfollow someone's prings
- DEL: Lets a user unfollow someone's prings
- POKE: Pokes a friend
- PRING: Pokes a friend
Comments:
- Rn (reply/comment): Posts a comment on an update
- @n (reply/comment): Posts a comment on an update
Track Topics:
- TRACK: Tracks a word
- TRACKING: Shows a list off all the tracked words
- TRACKS: Shows a list off all the tracked words
- UNTRACK: Untracks a word
Private Messages:
- . (private message): Sends a private message to a user
- D (private message): Sends a private message to a user
- M (private message): Sends a private message to a user
Private Messages
Private Messages are just like regular SMSs, except you can also view them on web after logging in (if you have a web account on Pring). To send a private message to anyone, send .name+msg or M+name+msg or D+name+msg. Let's say you want to send a private message to a friend of yours on Pring, Hasan, you can do so in the following three ways:
m hasan what's the program? or
d hasan what's the program? or
.hasan what's the program?
Comments
(Zong Users) - To comment on a status update via cell, simply send your comment as a Reply to that status update by selecting "REPLY" from the sms options menu. So, for instance if you received the following update:
What's the program for tonight?
From 232341, then to comment on this update simply go to your sms options menu, select "Reply" and send your comment from there. Or if you want to use the "Write Message" option of your mobile, then write your comment and send it to 232341 (the shortcode from where you received the aforementioned update)
(Other Users) - To comment on a status update via cell, append the unique update handle appearing at the end of the status update, at the beginning of your comment. For example, to comment on the following status update:
What's the program for tonight?
r21
Send:
r21 Let’s meet at MacLaren’s or
@21 Let’s meet at MacLaren’s
Once you comment on a status, you become a part of that status i.e. you receive all the comments on that status on your cell phone from then on.
ABOUTME
Tell us about yourself by sending ABOUTME+text. For example to set your 'about me' text as, "I am 18 yrs old, and I live in DHA, Lahore" send:
aboutme I am 18 yrs old, and I live in DHA, Lahore
This text will be sent to anyone who sends WHOIS+yourname
ALLOW
To allow a follow request sent to you by a pringer, send ALLOW+username. For example to accept the follow request by the pringer Ali_1, send:
allow ali_1
BLOCK
Someone is bugging you on Pring? You can silence them by sending BLOCK+name. For example to block Haseeb, send:
block haseeb
The blocked users can not send you follow requests or private messages; they can not view or comment on your status updates; and their status updates will also be hidden from you.
DEFAULT
Send default to set your privacy settings to default. Default privacy settings are as follows:
Who can see my Prings: Anyone
Who can comment on my Prings: Only people I follow
Who can Private Message me: My followers whom I follow
Who can follow me: Anyone
FOLLOW, ON
You receive prings (updates) from anyone you follow. You can follow anyone by sending ADD+name or FOLLOW+name or ON+name. For example to follow Ali_1's prings (updates) on Pring send:
add ali_1
Your prings (updates) are broadcasted to all the users who follow you, and you receive all the prings (updates) of the users whom you follow.
WHOIS, INFO
Find out about someone by sending WHOIS+name or INFO+name. For example to know about Adnan send:
whois adnan
INVITE
Send INVITE+number and we will send an invitation to the number to join Pring on your behalf. For example to invite Umar (cell no. 03131234567) to join Pring send:
invite 03131234567
Or to invite more than one friends to Pring with a single command send:
invite 03131234567, 03211234567, 03001234567, 03331234567
MUTE
To stop receiving updates from Pring for a particular period (everyday), send Mute+from_time-to_time. For example if you don't want to receive updates from Pring between 11:00pm to 7:00am, send:
mute 11:00pm 7:00am
You can view your mute timings by sending mute
You can also turn mute off by sending mute off
NAME
You can change your name by sending NAME+new_name. For example to change your name from adnan_khan to adnan_k send:
name adnan_k
You will have to reply with the confirmation code (being sent to you after sending 'name adnan_k') to confirm the name change.
STOP, QUIT, OFF
Send STOP or QUIT or OFF to stop receiving updates (messages) from Pring. You can resume the service later by sending START
START, ON
Send START or ON to resume the service. This is needed if you have stopped the service by sending ng>STOP
PRING, POKE
Haven't heard from someone in a long time? Pring them by sending PRING+name or POKE+name. For example to poke Hasan send:
pring hasan
PRIVACY
You can set your privacy settings by sending privacy. A 'privacy' wizard will be initiated upon sending PRIVACY. To complete the 'privacy' wizard you will have to answer the following four questions regarding your privacy preferences:
Who can see my Prings
Who can comment on my Prings
Who can Private Message me
Who can follow me
PRIVATE
Send private to set your privacy settings to private. Preferences for private settings are as follows:
Who can see my Prings: My followers whom I follow
Who can comment on my Prings: My followers whom I follow
Who can Private Message me: My followers whom I follow
Who can follow me: Anyone I allow
PUBLIC
Send public to set your privacy settings to public. Preferences for public settings are as follows:
Who can see my Prings: Anyone
Who can comment on my Prings: Anyone
Who can Private Message me: Anyone
Who can follow me: Anyone
UNBLOCK
If you have accidentally blocked someone, you can unblock them by sending UNBLOCK+name. For example to unblock Haseeb send:
unblock haseeb
STAT, STATS
Send STAT+username to find out the stats for the total number of followers, prings, and people followed by that person. For example to find out Hasan's stats send:
stat hasan
You can also check out your own stats by sending stat or stats
TRACK, TRACKS, TRACKING
Send TRACK+word to receive all the latest public prings containing that word. For example to track the word 'Imran Khan' send:
track imran khan
After tracking "Imran Khan" you will receive all the public prings containing the word "Imran Khan".
To view the list of all the words your are tracking send tracks or tracking
You can also turn 'track' off or on by sending track off or track on
UNFOLLOW, LEAVE, OFF
Send DELETE+name or DEL+name UNFOLLOW+name or LEAVE+name or OFF+name to stop following anyone. For example to stop following prings (updates) from Haseeb send:
delete haseeb
UNSUB
Send unsub to delete your account (you will have to reply with the confirmation code being sent to you after sending 'unsub' to confirm account deletion). You can still be invited to join the service by your friends. To join again, send HELLO.
UNTRACK
To untrack any word send UNTRACK+word. For example to stop receiving updates containing the word 'Imran Khan' send:
untrack imran khan
You can also clear your complete 'track words' list by sending untrack all
ZABAAN, ENGLISH, URDU
With zabaan command you can choose between different languages (currently English and Roman Urdu only) as the default language for receiving Pring responses
To set your language as English send ENGLISH
To set your language as Urdu send URDU
To know your language setting send ZABAAN
REPORT
With report command you can report a user on Pring - Someone is spamming, harassing or doing anything else to upset you via Prings...Send REPORT+user_name+reason. Lets say you want to report a user named ali on Pring who is constantly bugging you on Pring send:
report ali he is harassing me

