Since we are getting alot of fakes/spam and photo selling/self promotion to make a profit, we are requesting posters to make verification posts similar to what GoneWild subreddits in other parts of reddit use.

Verification

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 is optional insofar as it is not automatically required for every single participant. However, moderators always reserve the right to require submitters to verify. When users call you out to submit verification, it's always your call whether or not you do it. But if a mod questions the authenticity of a submission, you are absolutely required to verify before posting further (and you may even be banned until you do so). We care about the person in the photographs and want to make sure he or she is not being exploited. Please pardon the inconvenience if we require you to verify or ask you to improve your verification pics. We're just trying to look out for you.

How do I get verified?

Post an album to HoustonSwingers that contains at least three color pictures (no filters) of you holding a sign that includes (in your own black or blue handwriting):

Your exact reddit username

Today's date, including the year (must match the date you submit the post)

A mention of reddit or r/HoustonSwingers so that we know this verification was intended for use here on reddit.
If you have tattoos you want to hide, cover them with a piece of paper or big bandaid.

Also:

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

Be at least partially naked, fully nude if possible. You're requesting verification in an swinger/lifestyle community, so you should probably be... exhibiting. If you've been nude in several previous posts, and your verification isn't technically nude but is at least risqué in nature, we might let it slide. If you're verifying as your first post, you've gotta be partially naked. The point here is that we don't want to spend time verifying people in track suits if they're not actually swingers. You'll see this repeated in the FAQ: We don't want to pressure you into doing something you don't want to do. But if being naked makes you uncomfortable, this might not be the right place for you.

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.

Make sure each shot of the sign is at a slightly different angle (as opposed to being "straight-on"). If you want to go the extra mile for us, 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.

Be prepared to be slightly inconvenienced by us. We want to make sure you're you! If we ask you to resubmit pictures, you are NOT being singled out. We do this all the time. Just read these directions carefully, and hang in there. We'll get you verified!

BE NICE ABOUT IT. We know verification can be a little annoying, but we're just looking out for the people in our pictures! We don't want anyone to be exploited. If you were asked to resubmit verification, make a new sign, or anything like that, please be chill about it. Please do not flip us off in the picture, and please do not use post titles like "The asshole mods won't show my posts unless I verify, so here you go. Fuck you." We're real people over here! We're sorry you're annoyed, but if you make the process more difficult or make us hate our jobs, we're simply not going to prioritize your verification.

Please do not take the picture with a potato. If you're stuck with a crappy webcam, you may be able to mitigate the issue by making sure there is TONS of light in the room from multiple sources. But if your verification pictures are so low quality that we can't read the sign or be reasonably sure it wasn't faked, we might deny your verification.

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 (sorry).

Do I have to show my face?

Absolutely not! The purpose of verification is NOT to connect your picture to a real live person, but rather to connect the picture to the reddit username. We don't care about who you are in real life and we don't even want to know. All we care about is that you are in the photo and you consent to being posted.

You banned me pending verification, so how am I supposed to post my verification photos?

Sorry about that. It's nothing personal. Submit your verification photos as links inside a Message to the Moderators. We'll verify you privately first, unban you, and then you can make your public verification post to get the flair.

Can verification be revoked?

Yes. If you delete your verification post, or if we later conclude that your verification is not authentic, you will lose your verification flair.