(Update 10 January 2024) As of this post, verification requires 3 or more pictures! We recommend using Google Drive, vidble, RedGIFs (hidden), imgbox, or Dropbox to submit your verifications. Alternatively you may make a 10 second or longer video of you holding your crumpled sign if you prefer to.

(What is verification?)

"Verification" is the process of proving that the person in the picture consents to being photographed and posted, or better yet, is the actual submitter of the link. Verification, at the moment, will not be required but we highly recommend it. THIS IS EFFECTIVE AS OF THIS POST!

(How do I get verified?)

Post an album to AreolasGW (this sub), or post to a trusted host site like iGoogle Drive, vidble, RedGIFs (hidden), imgbox, or Dropbox that MUST contain at least 3 pictures/ or video of you presenting a handwritten (not digitally edited) paper sign that includes:

1.⁠ Your exact reddit username
2. Today's date, including the year which must match the date of the image.
3. A mention of r/AreolasGW just to make sure the person holding the papers knows where it is being posted to.
4. Make sure to take the photos or video from 3 or more different distinctive angles!

(Important)

• ⁠ Use black or blue ink on white or light color paper. The sign must be clearly visible. Do not color-correct, forge, filter, markup, or do any other type of digital manipulation on the photos or your verification may be rejected

• ⁠Keep your sign! We might ask you to take additional pictures.

• ⁠Areolas must be visible in your verification album. You're requesting verification in an exhibitionist community, so you should probably be... exhibiting.

• ⁠Show as much of your body as possible. If we can't match the body depicted in your verification pictures to the body in your past and future posts, then it's not a meaningful verification. So while you do not have to post your face, we do need to see a good amount of your unclothed body.

• ⁠Your post title should have the word "verification" in it. "Veri(f)cation" and "Veri[f]ication" are also acceptable, if you're working an "f" tag into the title. Can also have veri(f)y as well.

• ⁠Make sure each shot of the sign is at a slightly different angle (as opposed to being "straight-on"). Crumple the sign up into a ball and then take your pictures with the sign uncrumpled! This creates a lot of random angles in the paper, and convinces the mods and users that the sign was not photoshopped.

• *Color Pictures / No filters. * The photos should not be in black and white, but rather full color. Do not apply instagram filters or anything similar to your verification photos. You can do that to your other submissions, but this is not the time for that.

• Do NOT delete your verification picture after being verified! This is super important if we need as mods need to reverify any users, we will not have to ask for another verification post.

(Do I have to show my face?)

NO, but you can ONLY if you’re comfortable doing so, but it is absolutely not required. All we care about is that you are in the photo and you consent to being posted.

(What does verification get me, and what is the flair stuff?)

Verifying gives us all a little peace of mind. The mods and users know you've consented, and the people seeking a genuine experience know that you're not an internet porn star and rather are a little "closer to home". Once verified, you get "flair", which is a little icon that shows next to your name when you post in AreolasGW.

TL:DR:

Three or more pictures with your username, today’s date with correct year, and your body with the name of this sub, r/AreolasGW and you should be given a verify flair which helps us all. Areolas must be visible in your verification.