Wow,
So I go to log into Tsu today and discover a message that the site has gone dark. http://www.tsu.co/bitcoindood
It sounds pretty final too. The site claims that anyone meeting the minimum payout requirement will have checks issued, and I guess anyone that's under $100 will just have to suck it up. That just plain sucks.
The Dood got lucky and my tiny account accrued about $30.00 over the last year or so. Just last week I had sent it to a friend who needed $25.00 dollars to meet his payout, and he reimbursed me in bitcoin. How lucky was that? Anyway, for The Dood, it was never about the money. Make no mistake about it, I originally came for the money but stayed for the friendships I made and the interactions that I came to love on Tsu. There were some really great people on there and I hope to cross paths again with more than a few of them in the future.
So, about the blog. So many people ask me about bitcoindood.com and why I don't just steemit, or tsu, or facebook. What happened at Tsu is the exact reason I have my personal blog site. It's mine, as long as I pay the domain, it can be moved from server to server and the only person that has control over it is me! I don't have to worry about any form of censorship, I'm in control of how many people get to see it, and I can do with it what I want. In this day and age it's important to be self sufficient. Companies come and go, and although I don't think Steemit is going anywhere anytime soon, it's nice to know I have a backup plan. Tsu proves that point!
So I guess this post is part rant, but also, if you were following from Tsu, don't be a stranger. The worst part of the way they closed is all the contacts that may now be lost. Many people I may never cross paths with again, that I formed great friendships with, are lost forever unless the fates should allow us to cross paths again. "Friends" being a word I never use loosely.
With that said, I was fortunate enough to also get on steemit again and linked up with a lot of you on here before the closing. If anyone wants to exchange contact info, you can use this page on my blog, http://bitcoindood.com/contact.php, or DM me on twitter https://twitter.com/BitcoinDood Also feel free to comment here.
Tsu will be missed greatly, hopefully I can make steemit my home away from home now.
Hey @the-bitcoin-dood welcome back to steemit - sorry to hear about your blog and password fail.. I never even knew about Tsu and its already gone lol.
Will follow your posts - stick around!
Sites come and go, but The dude abides
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Right on! Thanks for the welcome . Looking forward to meeting lots of new people here on steemit.
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It's a shame. I was the owner of Virtual Reality group in Tsu, which was growing fast with nearly 600 members and 9th position in the Science & Tech category. Money-wise it was insignificant (less than a dollar in total earnings), but losing such a community is regrettable.
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Yeah, I couldn't agree with you more. Tsū really created a great community. The people made that social network, and it's very rare to find that type of "community" in other social sites. I will definitely miss a lot of the people there.
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Hey dood, I had been active fairly recently on Tsu, within the last few weeks. But honestly when I found Steem and moved into a new house I fell off. Sorry to hear about that. I follow you on twitter as well. Keep up the good work man!
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Thanks, don't be a stranger. I love meeting new people in the bitcoin community and forming friendly relationships. I think it's important to put the Social in Social Networking.
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I blogged on this, too. Here - https://steemit.com/steemit/@remlaps/steemit-s-first-competitive-disruption.
I had been on tsu for just about the whole time it was in business, but I just started getting active in the last couple weeks. I'm glad that you and another person who I met on tsu are here on steemit, too. I didn't have enough money built up to care about losing the money, but I'm disappointed to lose the other new contacts that I'd met recently.
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Thanks for commenting. Looking forward to connecting with everyone on Steemit. Luckily I've been able to network with a bunch of tsuvians and it looks like just a couple people are lost. Hopefully, we'll find each other in the future. Anyway, don't be a stranger.
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