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Tongal was regularly feeling my wrath for a while when issues would arise on a project. In one case, a brand decided to go in a different direction after the winners of the Idea phase had already been selected and pitches were submitted, so they made sure the Ideators were all paid out the full amount possible in royalties had their ideas been selected the winner of every prize. It was definitely unexpected, but I knew in that moment they were looking out for the best interests of the community rather than cozying up too much to the brands. In another instance, the brand selected my idea and a nearly identical idea in the initial phase. I immediately emailed them to ask if we'd be splitting the royalties since both ideas were almost identical, and they said no. A production company pitched a "Wildcard" idea that was based on my idea, but they wanted to avoid the 5% royalties. After a few back and forth emails, Tongal ended up paying me the royalties I was owed on the project and I was happy with the outcome. There have also been instances where they come to a decision I disagree with that ends up costing me money I felt like I was owed at least a % of, and that's always hard.

They're always courteous in their responses, and generally get back to you with an answer or pass your questions and concerns on to the right people within 24 hours. When you're nominated for a Tongie Award, they'll fly you out from anywhere in the World to LA for free, 2 free nights at a hotel, and have a giant celebration for the best content creators of the year. The owners are a talented group of guys who have a plan and know what they're trying to create with Tongal. They make a point to talk to all of the content creators, and it's a really wonderful event. They have plenty of highlight videos on their Youtube page you can check out. So, whether I agree with all of their decisions or not, I know they've generally looked out for the best interests of myself and the other community members. You should definitely join the Tongal Users Group on Facebook and scroll through those posts to see more of what this community is all about. For some reason, people are reluctant to post on the forums here or don't check them on a regular basis, but our Facebook group always seems to have something going on.

Tongal used to post data on how many total submissions were entered for each Ideation project, but they decided to remove it because they didn't want the high number of submissions to turn people off to submitting their ideas. I'm sure if you asked politely they'd be able to give you an example from a bigger project, but on average they were getting about 400-500 ideas submitted to the normal projects. (Projects like Star Wars always draw a much larger crowd) You can still view the total amount of pitches submitted, and the leaderboards are good for seeing how many people have turned Tongal into a full-time gig that generally write ideas and pitch on every project that's available to them.

Good luck on your Thesis! Hopefully, someone other than me shows up to help you out too.