Your First Steps

When you first visit YKYZ it may be intimidating. Never be afraid to reach out to fellow bleaters, and ask any questions you may have. The community is here to help one another! Here are a few tips to help ease your transition into microcasting:

  • If you have not already, add an intro at https://ykyz.com/c/intros. Here you can describe what your cast is all about.
  • Take a look around. Listen to other casters, and see what they are offering. Comment on episodes and get a feel of how the system works.
  • Upload your first episode. While recording, if you want to start over, simply click the cancel button next to the Bleat button and start from scratch.
  • When recording onsite, pay attention to the green timer bar under the bleat button. If you run out of time, the bleat will end and autopost.
  • After you have posted your first episode, information on it can be found by clicking the “i”. Your bleats can be marked as explicit, and you can mark other bleats as your favorite.
  • Be sure you are in the correct “room”. If you want an episode to be part of your microcast, make sure you are recording in that area and tag.
  • Feel free to test your mic at https://ykyz.com/c/tmp. Bleats here are deleted regularly, and do not show in the main stream.
  • If your record time seems shorter than others, keep in mind this is only temporary. Keep bleating to build your time.

Most of these items are covered at https://ykyz.com/wtf and the more technical walkthroughs can be found at https://ykyz.com/blog/index.php/how-to/ if you want to learn how to add your cast to iTunes and Google Play. Do not be afraid to ask any questions not covered at https://ykyz.com/c/meta. The community here will be happy to help.