# Groups

nekoBT has a group system that allows you to create release groups for easier management of releases.

Reserves your group tag for your releases.
Credit users for their contributions.
Credit other groups when you use their work.
Filter releases by group.

If you want to have a release group in your torrent titles, you must have a group registered on nekoBT.

You are not allowed to snipe or impersonate other active groups, even if they aren't registered on nekoBT.
Doing so could result in your group name being revoked.
However, if a group is inactive and/or not contactable, you may create a group with their tag and request a Staff Key to import their old torrents. See more on Rule 11.

# Creating a Group

You can create a group here.

Be careful when choosing your tag, as it cannot be changed later.

# Anonymity Level

You can choose the anonymity level of your group:

0 - Public: All members can be seen.
1 - Hide Permissions: Members can be seen, but their permissions are hidden.
- Note: Other users can still see who uploads torrents, unless you upload anonymously.
2 - Hide Members: Only the group leader and admins can see members.
- Note: This does not affect contributors to torrents.

# Inviting Users

To invite users, go to your group page, click edit, then Invite Members.
You can invite registered users and unregistered users to your group.

When inviting a user, an invite is created for them.
If the user is registered, they will receive a notification with the invite.
If the user is unregistered, you'll need to send them the invite link through the group edit page.

# Primary vs Secondary Groups

Torrents can have a primary group and secondary groups.

Primary Group: The main group that is credited for the release. This is the group that is shown in the torrent title, usually referred to as the Release Group.
Secondary Groups: Other groups that's work is used in the release. These groups are shown in the contributors section.
- You can add secondary groups when uploading a torrent, or edit the torrent later to add them.
- You may also choose to add parent groups as secondary groups, if you are doing a joint release, however this is not strictly necessary.

By using secondary groups, it allows groups to see who has used their work, and makes finding muxes of other's work easier.
For example, if Apple makes fansubs but they don't have dual audio, users looking for dual audio can search for torrents that contain Apple as a secondary group to find muxes that include their fansubs.

# Permissions

Groups have 4 levels of membership:

Contributor: Contributed to the group, but not necessarily a permanent member. Invites are given this role.
Member: Given to users who are part of the group. No additional permissions. Has a cool badge.
Admin: Can create torrents, edit and delete group torrents, invite users, and change display names of invites.
Leader: Can do everything.

Only the leader can manage permissions.

# Group Links

You can link groups together to show parent-child relationships between groups. This can be useful when 2 groups come together to work on a project.

# Example

Apple and Banana are 2 separate groups. They usually work independently.
However, they decide to work together on a fansub project.
The leader of Apple creates a new group called Apple-Banana.
The leader of Apple-Banana then sends link requests to both Apple and Banana, where Apple-Banana is the child group.
- The link request to Apple is auto-accepted (as the user is the leader of both groups).
- The link request to Banana is sent to the leader of Banana, who can accept or reject it.
Now, when you view the Apple or Banana group page, you can see that they are linked to Apple-Banana, and vice versa.
Also, when you view Apple or Banana releases, Apple-Banana releases will also be shown.