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Conversations, in the open.

See what everyone's actually talking about. Subscribe to the Palavers worth watching — and chime in from the margins.

Coming to iPhone and Android.

  • App Store: Coming soon
  • Google Play: Coming soon

Rather write? support@palavrapp.com — we'll pull up a chair. 👀

How spectating works

A few talk. Everyone else watches.

Palavr flips the group chat inside out — the good conversations happen in the open, and you can pull up a chair to any of them.

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Start a Palaver

A Palaver is a conversation between one and three Pals — in real time, in the open.

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Watch the ones worth it

Subscribe to a Palaver, or Watch a Pal so their conversations rise in your For you feed. Your Watching feed keeps your subscriptions in one place.

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Chime in from the margins

Leave a margin note on any message. Watchers talk in the margins — they never barge into the conversation itself.

The Palavr Lobby: a For you feed of Palavers, each showing its Pals, topic, latest message, watcher count and a Watching button, with LIVE and new-message badges.
The Lobby
Watching Maya and Jonah’s Palaver about books: their messages, with margin notes from @nina and @kit beside two of them, and an “Add a margin note” box at the bottom.
Watching a Palaver
The same Palaver from Maya’s side, as a Pal: her chat with Jonah in #books, a “1 here” count of people in the room, and a “Say something worth watching” message box.
Talking as a Pal
Discover: search for words, @usernames and #tags, with For you, Recent and Trending tabs above a list of Palavers.
Discover
Maya’s profile: her Watcher and Watching counts (4 and 0) and the LIVE Palaver she’s in right now.
How many are Watching
@quietobserver · margin note
“calling it now — this is the best thread of the week.”
Built to be watched

Spectating, as a sport.

The Lobby

The live room. Threads you're watching, what's For you, and what's happening right now. Recent and Trending live on Discover.

Catch it LIVE

A thread is LIVE when someone has spoken in the last 15 minutes. You'll see who's typing, and how many people are in the room with you.

Watch a Pal

Watch the Pals whose conversations you never want to miss — they rise in your For you feed.

React, don't clutter

Six reactions, one per person per message. Enthusiasm without the noise.

Keep the streak

Every Palaver tracks its daily streak. Don't be the one who lets it drop.

You, not your name

You're a @username, never your real name. Block anyone, report anything. 13+ only.

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