# Make a post

> Tap +, write what you want to say, add a picture or a video if you like, ask people to do something if you want, and post.

Section: Posting · Updated: 2026-10-07
URL: https://commonyard.app/guides/make-a-post/

Everything you post starts on one page: your words first, pictures or a video if you want them, and — only if you want it — something for people to do.

![The post screen: close and What you made at the top; your name with to the whole Yard under it; Say it to the yard. as the place to write; Part of a series; and at the bottom the picture and video buttons, Ask people to…, and Post to the whole Yard](https://commonyard.app/guides/img/composer.webp "One page: write, add, ask, post.")

## Steps

1. Tap the round **+** at the bottom of the screen, beside the bar.
2. Write what you want to say where it says **Say it to the yard.** A line is enough.
3. To add a picture or a video, tap the picture or video button. An editor opens where you can crop, add a filter, words, stickers or a drawing. Tap **Done — use it** when you're happy. A picture you added has an edit button if you want to change it again.
4. If you want people to do something, tap **Ask people to…** and pick one: **Vote**, **Weigh in**, **Sign**, **Reply**, **Swipe** or **Troll**. For a game, tap **Or start a game for the yard** under them. Most posts don't need any of this.
5. Check where it goes, under your name — *to the whole Yard*, for example. Tap it to change, and tick every place it should go. See [Post to several yards at once](/guides/post-to-several-yards/).
6. Tap the big button at the bottom. It says where your post goes: **Post to the whole Yard**, or **Post to** and your yard's name.

The screen closes as soon as you post; your post goes up on its own while you carry on.

## What each choice does

- **Vote** — a poll. See [Make a poll](/guides/make-a-poll/).
- **Weigh in** — a hot take, a confession, a question, a prediction and more, that people take sides on — under your name, or anonymously. See [Weigh in](/guides/weigh-in/).
- **Swipe** — a swipey, where people judge each picture left or right. See [Swipe through a swipey](/guides/swipe-a-swipey/).
- **Sign** — a petition. See [Start a petition](/guides/start-a-petition/).
- **Reply** — a discussion: everyone answers in one thread.
- **Troll** — put yourself, or a school, a team or a business everybody knows, up for a friendly roast. See [Start a troll](/guides/start-a-troll/).
- **Or start a game for the yard** — a game with a clock. See [Make a game](/guides/make-a-game/).

## Two or more pictures

A post shows one picture. If you add more, CommonYard asks: **KEEP ONE** keeps the first, and **SWIPE THEM** turns the post into a swipey.

## Part of a series

Posting something in parts — a story, a weekly review, a diary? Under **PART OF A SERIES**, add the post to one of your series, or start one. See [Post a series](/guides/post-a-series/).

## Good to know

- A post earns 20 points.
- Your draft saves itself as you write.
- If a post can't go out — no connection, for example — it is kept as a draft, and HOME offers it back to you.
- A post made in a yard stays in that yard. It can't be moved later.
- The square button beside the close button opens **What you made**, where you can edit or delete anything you posted. See [What you made](/guides/what-you-made/).