We've wanted to avoid this "nuclear option" for the longest time, but things have gotten out of hand. Crazy amounts of catfish/fake accounts, spam accounts, people posting general Asian porn, posting of GF/wives/SO, dick pics. It was all managable when we were a smaller sub, but now it's like pluggin holes in a dam with our fingers.So now as a trial, only approved posters will be allowed to post. To be approved, you must be verified.For verification you must post 3 nude/partially nude pictures of yourself holding a handwritten piece of paper with your username, the date, and AsiansGoneWild on it.No clothed pics. No zoomed in shots of only your face or butt.The paper and writing must be clear and in focus (and preferably crumpled) or we may request new verification.This should be posted to your profile and then linked to us in modmail.Once verified we will approve your account to post. Please try to make that first post after approval your verification. You may also send us a link to your verification post on another sub for review.The vast majority of current verified posters are already approved and won't need to do a thing. If you are verified and find you are not approved, contact us in modmail and we will approve you.The one thing holding us back from previously implementing this requirement was that it might discourage new posters mustering up the courage to post on a whim, and it still is a concern. However the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. Less clutter/competition from fake posts and spam. We'll try to make it as easy as possible for new people. If you are concerned about a public verification, we will make some exceptions for verification by modmail using Imgur. Sellers must be a public verification.It will be nice for everyone to be confident that all posters are who they say they are and that all posts on AGW are authentic. Ideally it will make AGW a better place to post and to visit. We will hopefully see way more postives than negatives, but as this is a trial we may reverse course if it affects AGW in a negative way.The sidebar and wiki will be updated soon to reflect this.
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