Did you know.. Opt Out of Group Messages

We get at least one email a week from a user complaining about messages sent to all friends. Did you know that you can opt out of those messages?

Just click on the homepage, then "Account Settings" on the left. Click on the "Communication" link also on the left. The 3rd or 4th option down is "Group Messages". Set that to NOT include you in "all friend" messages.

Alternately, you can remove that person as a friend or tell them to stop emailing you.

And maybe this is a good time to remind everyone that sending mass mailings to all of your friends might not make them happy.

Official Connexion / Lady Gaga Pre-Party

Hey Denverites- are you going to the Lady Gaga Concert? Meet up with some fellow Connexion members for a drink before the show! All of the details for the Official Connexion Pre-Party are online!

http://www.connexion.org/viewparty.cfm?partyid=7500

Connexion Big Gay Raft Trip

The Connexion Big Gay Raft Trip was a huge success! 61 rafters floated down the Colorado River through Glenwood Canyon. Growing from 38 rafters last year, this event is becoming the must-attend event of the summer! Check out the photos from the weekend in the Photo Album.

Gay and Lesbian Adults Are More Likely and More Frequent Blog Readers

According to a recent national survey conducted online by Harris Interactive^®, a majority of gay and lesbian adults are reading blogs. More than half (54%) of gay men and lesbian respondents report reading some type of blog, compared to only 40% of heterosexuals. This represents an incremental increase from March 2008 when 51% of gay and lesbian respondents reported reading some type of blog. A similar question was asked in November 2006 and at that time, only 32% of gay and lesbian adults reported reading blogs.

Not surprising, over one third (35%) of all lesbian and gay male adults report they read blogs specifically tailored for gay and lesbian news and interests. More than half (53%) of these readers also say they visit gay and lesbian blogs weekly, and one in five (19%) do so daily. Michael Rogers, veteran gay blogger and media activist reported that these findings mirror his experience: “My own work tells me gay men and lesbians have tremendous need and appetite for authentic gay news and information, and they want it fast. As director of the National Blogger and Citizen Journalist Initiative, I work with scores of bloggers to enhance skills, improve delivery and content and grow connections with a very receptive lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender audience across the U.S.”

Since Connexion aggregates blogs from over 70 sources, what are your favorite and least favorite blogs?

Connexion Big Gay Raft Trip 2010

Building on the success of our event last year, Connexion will again be holding the Big Gay Raft Trip in Glenwood Springs, CO this July.

Join us July 16th - 18th for a long weekend in Glenwood Springs. On Saturday, Connexion member Solomon and his friends will be our guides rafting down the Colorado River!

We'll head to Glenwood Springs Friday evening, spend the night Friday and then have a full day of rafting Saturday. (You can arrive anytime you want Friday night, or if you are an early riser drive up Saturday morning)

You'll have the choice of returning to Denver Saturday night or spending Saturday night with us in Glenwood Springs and returning Sunday.

Full day of rafting is $70 and includes lunch. All equipment will be provided by the rafting company. No experience necessary.

Reservation Process:

• RSVP Below that you are attending.


• Payment for the rafting must be made in advance:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This payment is fully refundable until July 14 if you need to cancel.
  
  
  If you don't pre-pay for the rafting, you won't be in our rafts, you'll be stuck with other tourists and will have to pay the full rate.
  
  


• Hotel Information:
  
  Caravan Inn:
  
  $64 King Room or $79 2 Queens
  
  (970) 945-7451 - www.caravaninn.com
  
  Mention Group "Connexion Rafting"
  
  
  Hotel Denver
  
  (800) 826-8820 - www.thehoteldenver.com
  
  

Schedule:

• Friday: Arrive Glenwood anytime. Glenwood Hot Springs in the evening followed by dinner on your own. Friday night welcome cocktails. Location to be announced.
  
  
• Saturday: Rafting. Meet at the rafting company first thing in the morning. Directions and other details will be sent after completing your reservation and payment.
  
  
• Saturday night: Dinner on your own, recommended restaurants will be provided. After dinner drinks at Loyal Brother Martini Bar.
  
  
• Sunday: Reserved cabana at the Glenwood Hot Springs Pool or visit the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park
  

RSVP to this Event:
http://www.connexion.org/viewparty.cfm?partyid=7340

Connexion: New This Week

RSS Feeds
We've added 2 new RSS feeds for women to the site. You can now subscribe to Lesbian News and Lesbian Video feeds for those sections of the site. The feed will contain news or videos relating to, or posted by other lesbians on the site.

Bug Fix
When on a mobile phone bad locations were shown in the who's online if you were on a trip. Certified members can add trips to their profiles from the Edit Location page.

Connexion: New This Week

A recap of the new features we rolled out this week:

"Report" Links
We've added "report" links to Q&Q questions and to individual comments within the Q&Q section that are offensive, contain hate speech, or profanity. You can also report articles posted in the News and Blogs sections as well.



RSS Feeds
Do you use an RSS News Reader like iGoogle? You can now add an RSS feed to your News Reader for our most popular sections of the site. There are separate feeds for Q&Q, Videos, and each of the news tabs. Just visit the page you want and click the RSS feed icon at the top of your browser.

Don't forget that you can also get a feed of your status updates by clicking on the Friends tab, then click the "My Feeds" link on the left.

Connexion in the News

A review of news/blog mentions about Connexion over the last week:

• Gay Day at Elitch Gardens
• Real Jock: Other gay social networking sites?
  "It's mainly social and less sexual"
  
• Why do people say gay people are unattractive? - Yahoo! Answers
  "i must repeat have you seen the guys on connexion.org?!?!?! oh my god! that's like the epitome of gay guys being the hottest males on earth."
  
• battle-of-the-bulge
  "Connexion is teaming up with Baskit to search for the next Baskit Underwear models! Voting is now open"
• Connexion/Baskit Underwear Model Search
  Cast your vote at www.connexion.org/baskit. Voting is open to anyone, but a free Connexion account is required to ensure everyone only votes once.

Connexion/Baskit Model Search Contest Launches

The Connexion/Baskit 2010 Model Search Contest launched today and is now open for voting!

We had 120 people sign up for 40 spots in the contest. The contestants were chosen by Baskit's talent agency and have been paired off for the first round of the contest. Voting in the first round will end at midnight on June 1st to coincide with Baskit's $12 Tuesdays promotion. 20 winners will move on to round 2 for a week of voting, then 10 move on to round 3. The five winners of round 3 will be grouped together and the top three vote recipients will be used in a future Baskit marketing campaign.

Voting is open to anyone, however a free Connexion account is required. Each individual can only vote once in each round. After voting, check out Baskit's underwear and swimwear: http://www.baskitwear.com and look for amazing discounts on your favorite pairs of baskit underwear every Tuesday. Baskit will feature one pair for the low price of just $12!

Visit http://www.connexion.org/baskit to cast your vote!

Connexion Big Gay Raft Trip 2010

Building on the success of our event last year, Connexion will again be holding the Big Gay Raft Trip in Glenwood Springs, CO this July.

Join us July 16th - 18th for a long weekend in Glenwood Springs. On Saturday, Connexion member Solomon and his friends will be our guides rafting down the Colorado River!

We'll head to Glenwood Springs Friday evening, spend the night Friday and then have a full day of rafting Saturday. (You can arrive anytime you want Friday night, or if you are an early riser drive up Saturday morning)

You'll have the choice of returning to Denver Saturday night or spending Saturday night with us in Glenwood Springs and returning Sunday.

Further details will be provided closer to the event.

RSVP to this Event:
http://www.connexion.org/viewparty.cfm?partyid=7340