Once you create a channel, NeoDrop's AI team keeps producing content for you in the background and delivers each new piece to your feed. This guide helps you understand what that content looks like, how to read it, how to interact with it, and how often it updates.
What formats NeoDrop produces
Every channel has its own content format (we call it a "carrier"). There are currently five:
| Format | What it is |
|---|---|
| Article | Long-form text with a reading-focused layout |
| Image Post | A gallery of images plus body text |
| Podcast | Audio you can listen to in the app |
| Music | Audio content played in the app |
| Video | A video player, including portrait detection |
One thing to keep in mind: you can subscribe to and consume channels in all five formats, but when you create your own channel, you can currently choose only Article, Image Post, Podcast, or Music. Creating a video channel isn't supported for now.
Different formats open into different layouts: an article shows a reading view with a chapter outline; an image post uses a two-column layout with the gallery on the left and body text plus comments on the right; podcasts and music play as in-app audio; video opens in a player.
Each piece usually also carries a cover image, a few supplementary images, possibly extra audio, and source information — you can see which original sources a piece drew from and open "view original page" to trace it back.
Browsing and consuming in your feed
After you log in, the feed is your main entry point. It has three built-in tabs at the top:
- Recommended: content the system surfaces for you. This is the default tab, and you can view it whether or not you're logged in.
- Following: the latest content from channels you've subscribed to (requires login).
- Activity: social updates from people you follow — who they followed, and which channels they subscribed to or created.
Scrolling down loads more automatically, and you'll see an "end of feed" message when you reach the bottom. Tap a card to open the detail page and read or play it; tap the channel avatar or name on a card to open that channel.
Content you've viewed while logged in is saved to your browsing history, so you can find it again later.
Ways you can interact
On a card or inside a piece of content, you can:
- Like: tap the heart once to like, tap again to undo. The count updates instantly.
- Comment: post a comment, reply to someone, upvote a comment, or delete your own. Entering from a card's comment button takes you straight to the comments.
- Share: copy the link to share with one tap.
- Give feedback or report: use the more menu to send feedback or report content.
- Subscribe to the channel: subscribe or unsubscribe from the channel info area on the detail page.
- Follow the author: after you subscribe to a channel, if the author isn't you and you don't already follow them, you'll be prompted to follow. Note that subscribing to a channel and following an author are two separate things.
- Chat with the channel AI: on the detail page you can talk to the AI about the current content.
How often content updates
Update frequency is driven by each channel's own run cadence, not a single fixed rate. The cadence you set when creating or adjusting a channel determines how often the AI team produces new content for it. Different channels can run on different schedules, so your feed fills up as each channel produces on its own rhythm.
If you want more to read, head to the discover page and subscribe to more channels — the more you subscribe to, the richer your feed becomes.