Categories & subscriptions

Your content.
The audience it belongs to.

Organise veacons into categories with shared rules. Keep content private, share it by invitation, publish it openly or operate an official channel. People choose what they follow.

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Four access types

Share with the people
you have in mind.

Just for you

Private

Only you can see it: personal, location-linked notes and reminders.

By invitation

Invite-only

Share with people you invite using a QR code, such as a private tour group.

Open to follow

Public

Anyone can subscribe; the category owner adds the veacons.

Verified source

Official

Content from verified authorities carries a verified badge.

An audience, with shared rules

Set it once.
Let your content inherit it.

A category groups veacons under common rules for visibility and delivery. Use subcategories to organise more detailed themes.

Example experience

A city’s cultural stories.

Publish an official category, organise neighbourhood themes underneath it, and let residents choose what they follow.

Categories and shared publishing rules in TS Studio. Click to enlarge.

Publishing and discovery controls

Useful boundaries
for publishers and readers.

What do veacons inherit?

Categories set limits veacons cannot exceed: age rating, maximum range, maximum lifetime and minimum silence time between repeat notifications. They also configure premoderation, content persistence, secure location (hiding precise coordinates), commercial content and update notifications.

Follow, mute or leave

Subscribe to public categories in the app or join an invite-only category with its QR code. Mute notifications without leaving, or unsubscribe entirely. Official-only mode limits what you receive to verified content.

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