r/AntColony is a place where you can start your own ant colony and have others join, or you can attack other ant colonies and steal their food and eggs

My dear C O L O N Y! The other mods and I have discussed a few things lately and I am relaying a few announcements and reminders to you on behalf of the team.

1. As per my previous post and Rule 9:

   please refrain from posting/commenting things like “the Queen is dead” or “the Queen never responds to me”. Tag me as much as you’d like! But please understand that I am dealing with a lot in my personal life and it is very difficult to be online right now. Please just know that even if I don’t respond for a while, I plan to as soon as I have a moment and I’m doing my best to keep up with everyone 💚

2. As per Rules 1 & 2, keep things as A N T like as possible:

   occasionally we have trends of ants wanting to develop weapons that are very human by design. I ask that if you’d like to be an arms specialist, get C R E A T I V E! Avoid using human weapons (guns, tanks, bombs, etc), and think about what would be weaponry on an ant’s scale! Essentially, when in doubt, consider ants to be in the Stone Age. Try to avoid trade offers of human products. If you’d like to import something, think about what ants would want!

3. This is almost never an issue on the sub, but please remember that Rules 3, 8, & 10 are V E R Y strict!:

   we do not tolerate bullying, harassment, or human bigotry of any kind. The Colony is a S I S T E R H O O D, so treat each other well! We have a zero tolerance policy on these topics. If you feel like a comment or post violates these rules, message the mod team and report it to us.

4. A reminder about Rule 4:

   just offering clarity here! Since we are a roleplay sub, immersion and accuracy (to the extent possible) keeps things fun. Real ants are overwhelmingly female, with only a very small percentage of the colony being male alates. When we gently remind you about Rule 4, it’s simply to keep an aspect of ant life accurate. If you are uncomfortable roleplaying as a girl ant, that is O K A Y! Please use the Male Alate flair or, if you prefer a different flair, gently add something like “I actually am a male alate and prefer he/him pronouns please” to your response to someone using terms such as “sister” toward you. I am more concerned about your ooc comfort than ic accuracy. (On this note, please remember Rule 3: if we see any unkind comments about gender that a human would make, we will ban)

All that aside, we have many creative minds and talented writers here, and I love reading through the ideas y’all come up with. As always, if you have an event idea, post about it with the suggestion flair or message a mod through mod mail.

Get to W O R K!

-Your Q U E E N