ts?re proud to introduce ts?Groups (BETA): a place for users with similar interests to discover and share content, build communities and keep the value they create.
Since this feature is in beta we are requiring applications to create a ts?Group; in the first hour we have received several hundred applications before any announcement!
When you submit your application you will choose the group type: Public, Closed or Private. Public groups are the only groups that will be monetized and a portion of the proceeds will automatically go to the groups affiliated charity.
Group owners will be required to select an admin before the application goes into a queue. Please read the terms and conditions and understand them before submitting the application.
ts? will be launching handfuls of groups periodically in order to test the system. ts? will contact you when your group application is approved and your group is ready to launch. ts? appreciate your patience during this multi-week process. #tsuGroups #BETA
Since this feature is in beta we are requiring applications to create a ts?Group; in the first hour we have received several hundred applications before any announcement!
When you submit your application you will choose the group type: Public, Closed or Private. Public groups are the only groups that will be monetized and a portion of the proceeds will automatically go to the groups affiliated charity.
Group owners will be required to select an admin before the application goes into a queue. Please read the terms and conditions and understand them before submitting the application.
ts? will be launching handfuls of groups periodically in order to test the system. ts? will contact you when your group application is approved and your group is ready to launch. ts? appreciate your patience during this multi-week process. #tsuGroups #BETA
Create a New tsuGroup
tsuGroups allow communities of tsu users to connect and keep the value they create. Create a tsuGroup covering any topic of interest to you & your community.
Terms & Conditions
Welcome to #tsuGroups Beta. This new feature will match users with similar interests and give the value that is being created to the community that is creating it. By becoming an Owner, Administrator (Admin) or Member of a group you are accepting the following conditions.
tsuGroups allow communities of tsu users to connect and keep the value they create. Create a tsuGroup covering any topic of interest to you & your community.
Terms & Conditions
Welcome to #tsuGroups Beta. This new feature will match users with similar interests and give the value that is being created to the community that is creating it. By becoming an Owner, Administrator (Admin) or Member of a group you are accepting the following conditions.
General
There are three types of Groups on tsu - Public, Private and Secret.
- Only Public Groups are monetizable and anyone can join those and Owners and Administrators preside over those groups maintaining the laws of tsu as well as curating their own content and quality. For the first ~30 days of the tsuGroups Beta, all proceeds generated by Public Groups will go to their designated charities and each Public Group must select one charity to assist.
- Private and Secret Groups are invite only.
- Private Groups are searchable and Secret Groups are not.
- Posts in Public Groups may be shared outside of the Group; posts in Private and Secret may not be shared outside of Groups.
- No Groups may use the word tsu in their titles unless written consent is given by tsu management or unless the group is actually run by tsu. tsu reserves the right to delete or hide groups or restrict them in any way or hand ownership of Groups to others in the case of mismanagement (rampant copyright infringement, spam, economic gaming, bullying, etc.).
Owners
You have the responsibility of managing the Group, curating the content of your Group, educating your Admins and not having copyrighted content in your groups unless you have consent to use such content. Your reward for managing a Public Group is that you will monetize the Group but the burden will be on you to run a Group well otherwise the Group Members may not engage and should you mismanage the Group you may be removed from ownership of the Group. Owners will also have the task of assigning one tsu-based charity that will be affiliated with the Group where a portion of the revenues generated by the Group will automatically go to said charity. Owners will have administrative capabilities over their Groups.
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Admins
Your responsibility is to curate and manage the Group and in the case of Public Groups you will monetize through a pool of funds that will be distributed to you periodically; all Admins will have the ability to remove posts, comments and ban users. All Admins, including Owner-Admins, will be responsible for keeping the comments sections clean of spam, economic gaming or commentary that is non-responsive to the content posted. Owners will have the ability to remove Admins from their administrative duties, however should an Admin administrate a Public Group for longer than 30 days, they will continue to monetize from their role for an additional 30 days after their departure from their role in said Public Group.
Members
Content-creating Members of Groups will also monetize Public Groups in proportion to the organic views of their content both in and outside the Public Group. The economics of a Group Members content that is created inside the Group is distributed entirely to the Group (none goes to any tsu Family Tree). Group Members content that leaves the Public Group will create economics for the individual content-creating Member and the entire content-creators Family Tree. Members for Private Groups must request invites to join the Group and for Secret Groups, Members must be invited by the Group Owners or Admins. Members must adhere to all tsu Terms and Conditions found here and elsewhere.
Monetization of Public Groups
Public Groups will be monetized as follows:
25% = Owner
25% = Split Amongst all Non-Owner Admins
35% = Content-Creating Members
10% = tsu
5% = Designated Charity
(Percentages may change slightly as we gather data on groups’ usage.)
In terms of Public Groups and related monetization, Owners and non-Owner Admins may also participate in the Public Group with which they are affiliated as a Member (leading to potentially additional monetization).
Inviting Users to tsu Through Groups
Members of any Public Group may invite individuals to tsu using the Group name, however there is a mechanism in place that will give credit to the inviting Member and any new tsu users going through this mechanism will be placed into Family Tree of the inviting Member. For users external to tsu who stumble upon the Groups invite code without an invite code from a Member, those users will be placed into the Group Owners Family Tree. Please note that Groups will be searchable in Open Web.
Restrictions
An Owners secondary account may not be a non-Owner Admin and during tsuGroups 30-day Beta period we will require one (1) non-Owner Admins to each Group. After the 30-day period, we will also require one (1) non-Owner Admin per Group at a minimum. A Group may have up to ten (10) non-Owner Admins. After the Beta phase (~30-60 days), the tsuGroups application process will cease to exist where tsu users may create Groups in a self-served manner. Admins must be fluent in the primary language of the group.
For questions or comments please email groups@tsu.co. For service-related issues please email support@tsu.co. Best of luck getting together.
