Yelling Ant Help

Your guide to using Yelling Ant

Welcome to the Yelling Ant Help Center. Whether you're just getting started, looking after a colony you moderate, or trying to sort out a login problem, you'll find plain-language answers below. Browse the topics or use your browser's search (Ctrl/Cmd + F) to jump straight to what you need.

Overview

Yelling Ant is a place to find and build communities, called colonies around the topics you care about. You can post text, links, images, and polls, join conversations in the comments, and vote on the content you find most useful or interesting.

Here's a quick overview if you're short on time:

• Colonies are run by volunteer moderators.

  Each colony sets its own rules and is looked after by moderators who use tools like auto-mod, the mod queue, and a colony wiki to keep discussions on track.

• Platform staff back up every colony.

  Beyond individual moderators, our sitewide safety team enforces the Yelling Ant content policy across the whole platform.

• You control your privacy and safety settings.

  You can manage what people see about you, block or mute accounts, and adjust your notification preferences at any time from your account settings.

• Rewards and coins recognize good contributions.

  Earn rewards for posts and comments the community values, or pick up coins to send to others.

• Have questions? We've got answers.

  The topics below cover the most common questions, and our support team is always available if you need more help.

The sections below walk through account basics, posting, colonies, moderation, safety, privacy, rewards, advertising, and troubleshooting, in roughly the order you'll need them.

1. Getting Started
   Creating an account

   • Sign up: Tap Sign Up, choose a username, and verify your email or phone number to activate your account.

   • Profile: Add a display picture and bio from your profile page so other members recognize you.

   • Username changes: You can update your username once every 30 days from Account Settings.

   Finding and joining colonies

   • Search: Use the search bar to find colonies by topic, or browse the Explore page for suggestions.

   • Join: Tap Join on any colony page to start seeing its posts in your feed.

   • Personalized feed: Your home feed adjusts over time based on the colonies you join and the posts you vote on.

   First steps

   • Read a colony's rules before posting, join a few discussions, and introduce yourself if the colony welcomes it.

2. Posting & Commenting

   You can share four kinds of posts in most colonies, and join the discussion underneath any post:

   • Text posts for write-ups, questions, and discussions.

   • Link posts to share an article or page from elsewhere on the web.

   • Image posts for photos, screenshots, and memes.

   • Poll posts to ask the colony to vote between a few options.

   Editing and deleting

   • Open the post or comment menu and choose Edit to fix a typo or update the text — an "edited" label will show alongside it.

   • Choose Delete to remove your own post or comment at any time; it disappears from the colony but replies to it may remain.

3. Colonies

   Colonies are the communities that make up Yelling Ant, each built and looked after by its own members.

   Getting a colony started:

   • Choose a name and topic for your colony

   • Set your colony rules and description

   • Decide who can post or comment

   Once a colony is live, you can:

   • Follow it to keep its posts in your feed

   • Mute a colony you joined to stop seeing it without leaving

   Every colony's rules are pinned to its page — read them before you post, since moderators can remove content that breaks them.

4. Moderation & Reports

   How to report something and what happens next:

   • Tap the report flag on any post, comment, or profile and pick the reason that best fits.

   • Reports first go to the colony's volunteer moderators, who use auto-mod, the moderation queue, and their colony wiki to review and act on them.

   • Sitewide issues, like harassment or ban evasion, are also reviewed by platform staff who enforce the content policy across every colony.

   • Appeals: If your post, comment, or account was actioned and you think it was a mistake, use the Appeal link in the notification you received to ask for another look.

5. Account & Privacy Settings

   From Settings, you can manage:

   • Profile visibility: choose what other members can see on your profile.

   • Blocked accounts: review or remove people you've blocked at any time.

   • Notifications: turn comment replies, upvote alerts, and colony announcements on or off individually.

   • Data & downloads: request a copy of your account data or delete your account entirely.

6. Safety

   Your safety tools:

   • Block: stops a user from contacting you or seeing your posts and comments.

   • Mute: hides a user's posts and comments from your feed without blocking them outright.

   • Report harassment: use the report flag and select Harassment so our safety team can step in quickly.

   • Ban evasion: accounts created to get around a colony or platform ban are removed when detected.

7. Rewards & Coins

   Rewards and coins are how members recognize great posts and comments, including:

   • Give a reward from the post or comment menu to highlight content you found valuable

   • Buy coin bundles from the Coins page in your wallet

   • Track your reward and coin history in your profile

   • Some rewards unlock small perks, like a profile badge (if applicable)

   Coin purchases are handled securely through your device or browser's payment provider.

8. Videos, Podcasts, Articles, Polls & Quizzes

   Beyond regular posts, some colonies support richer content formats:

   • Video

   • Podcast episodes

   • Long-form articles

   • Polls

   • Quizzes (where enabled by the colony)

   These appear in your feed alongside standard posts and can be voted on and commented on the same way.

9. Advertisers & Businesses

   Yelling Ant partners with advertisers and businesses to run ads alongside organic content, and offers a revenue-share program for eligible colonies and creators.

   If you're looking to:

   • Advertise on Yelling Ant (set up campaigns, targeting, and budgets)

   • Learn about monetization and revenue share for your colony

   visit the Advertising & Monetization section of the site for full details, or reach out to Support and we'll point you in the right direction.

10. Notifications

    You'll get notified about replies, rewards, mod actions on your posts, and colony announcements. You can fine-tune what you receive, and where, from Settings > Notifications — including turning off email or push notifications entirely.

11. Troubleshooting

    Common issues and quick fixes:

    • Can't log in: use the Forgot Password link, and check that you're using the email or username tied to your account.

    • App acting up: force-close and reopen the app, or clear your browser's cache if you're on the web.

    • Post not showing up: it may be under moderator review — check the colony's rules or your notifications for an update.

    • Still stuck? Head to Contact Support below.

12. Contact Support

    Can't find what you're looking for? Our support team is happy to help:

    Yelling Ant Support

    Email: support@yellingant.com

    We aim to respond to every message within 1-2 business days.

    For urgent safety concerns, please use the in-app report tools so our safety team is alerted right away.