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
Right on! Thanks for the welcome . Looking forward to meeting lots of new people here on steemit.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Thanks !