BTS Community Forum Guidelines

 

Quick Reminder of BTS WhatsApp (WA) Community organization Guidelines to all Startups/Businesses
(Follow this on a serious note, first, to help us prevent Participants or open members from leaving the community forum.)

 

– More as a rule of the community forum, we expect Participants to stay with us long-term. Since BTS is a recognized and serious-minded startup/business community forum, we expect dedication, support, and cooperation among individuals. Stay with us and contribute; the community will give back to you in terms of value.

 

(Note: Nothing will hurt BTS on an emotional plane more than Participants leaving the community forum for petty reasons. Though there is no compulsion, the relationship matters a lot in business. If at all you want to leave the WA group, just state a valid reason or feedback to 91-9952484192 so that we can improve the community organization activities. You were added with lots of love/trust through an invite or request for joining, and for all this and more, the least you can do to honour team BTS is to make a graceful exit through feedback or a valid reason note. We expect this conditionally.

 

– Avoid Reckless Promotion. Strictly follow 3 postings/week (only) as a guideline.

 

– Promote only your business. Avoid posting businesses of known business/startup acquaintances,
networks, or circles. Definitely not ethical and professional. Instead, why not add them to the community forum as basic BTS Participants first?

 

More about BTS

[Updated: 04-May-2025]

 

Rule 1: BTS does not solicit the authenticity of any of the messages posted by any individual, and it’s purely the opinion of the Participant. We hold no responsibility for payment/delivery failures or delays, though they can be arbitrated amicably for the benefit of both parties.

 

Rule 2: No ‘Good Morning’/’Good Night/ Seasonal Greetings/Blood Donor/Missing/Bride or Bridegrooms Wanted posts allowed in the community forum. Note: WA groups will be admin-only during all festivals to prevent the influx of greeting posts.

 

Rule 3: Off-topic discussions other than Business/Startup-related will not be entertained/tolerated in the community. Keep lengthy discussions in the community forum offline.

 

Rule 4: Posts that involve only an image/video should be explained with text without fail unless self-explanatory. Participants failing to follow this point will be immediately removed from the community forum when habitual behavior is observed.

 

Rule 5: Participants are advised to follow weekly community forum activities in the prescribed format (scroll below). Avoid promotion posts on days except for Monday & Tuesday.

 

Rule 6: No links to other WA Business communities or groups will be allowed whatsoever. It is unethical and unacceptable to do so. No links to external Meets (including BNI/CNI, etc), except those approved by Team BTS, will be allowed.

 

Rule 7: No form of personal branding efforts will be allowed. No off-topic self-branding videos will be entertained, and warnings will be sent as a PM initially.

 

Rule 8: All Participants are requested to respect the opinions of all individuals; never interrupt when a conversation thread is on. Wait for it to be over.

 

Rule 9: Only up to 3 images or 2 videos per post will be allowed. Only 3 such posts per week will be allowed. No memes will be allowed.

 

Rule 10: Newly inducted Participants must introduce their company without fail within the first week of joining as basic members.

 

Rule 11: Participants should not involve themselves in discussions that disrespect any religion, community, caste, profession & gender. No name-calling or shaming of any community member in public is allowed. Personal disputes should be dealt with in private.

 

Rule 12: Only Open discussions relating to startups & business will be allowed. The decorum & objective of the community forum will be strictly maintained and never compromised whatsoever.

 

Rule 13: Any business referral lead will be passed on to Sponsors, then Profiles, and finally to Participants of the community. No referral should be made to individuals who are not even Participants of the BTS community. Please don’t violate this point.

 

Rule 14: An individual can be a Participant of only one WA group, i.e., one startup per group. Kindly inform the BTS team and remove yourself if you’re a member of more than one WA group (an exception here is a college faculty also running a startup/business or vice-versa).

 

Rule 15: Strictly avoid forwarding messages. It will create an unprofessional image among Participants. Please post the message to appear more authentic for higher prospects of conversion.

 

Rule 16: Avoid adding businesses such as MLM, Insurance, Stock trading, and Brokerage, including database selling, Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency/Digital Currency, Bank/Govt. Loan service providers (unverified), and Real estate to the WA community group.

 

Any Participant violating the aforementioned guidelines may be warned twice. And any subsequent violation will invoke removal from the group.

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