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

Photo Guidelines Clarified

Connexion is clarifying its photo guidelines in an effort to avoid confusion about what are and what are not acceptable photos for profiles and photo albums. The changes largely pertain to underwear and headless torso photos. The new guidelines read:

If you choose to upload photos, at least one of the photos must show your face. Photos should be of yourself or you with friends. Photos should be yours, or you must have permission to upload them.

Photos may not be excessively revealing, sexualized or obscene. Specifically:

• No pubic hair, butt cheeks or “scrunching” of underwear.
• No crotch-grabbing or holding of genitals (hard or soft), even if clothed.
• No cock outline, be it soft or hard.
• Speedos, square-cuts, and underwear is allowed, but your face must be visible.
• Such articles of clothing must be appropriately sized for your body and extremities.
• Thongs, posing briefs, jockstraps or other such apparel that cover less than a speedo would are NOT allowed.

If you have to think about whether or not a picture you’re about to post is inappropriate, you probably shouldn’t upload it.

Course of Action
Photos that violate the guidelines will be deleted from your account and photo upload privileges may be suspended for an amount of time that increases with each infraction.
If it’s believed that you are posting photos that aren’t of you, they will be removed and you might be required to submit a certification photo before posting others.
If you believe your photo has been unfairly removed, you may contact us and request that we review the photo in question.

Approval and Removal Process
All NEW photos posted to the site are placed into a queue, which is reviewed periodically throughout the day. We give users the benefit of the doubt that they’ll post acceptable photos, but in the event that they are not, offensive photos will be removed as soon as they are spotted.
We do not single out users. We do, however, penalize users that are repeated offenders by locking their upload capability for a certain number of days proportionate to the number of offenses. Also, it’s likely that if you fall into this category, we will be less sympathetic to any arguments you provide.

2010 Baskit Underwear Model Search

Popular LGBT social networking site, Connexion.org, announced that they have teamed up with fashion-forward underwear and swimwear brand, Baskit, to find some of the best looking men across the US and make them Baskit underwear models. Men who think they have got what it takes need only to strip down to their favorite pair of underwear, snap a picture and submit it online via www.connexion.org/baskit.

All submissions must be received by midnight Sunday, May 23, 2010. All submissions from eligible participants will be reviewed by Baskit’s talent agency, which will select 40 finalists. Those 40 finalists will then be paired off in the first stage of the model search, which starts May 26 on the connexion.org site. Connexion members will be asked to vote for their favorite models. Each of the four stages will last for one week, with the winners of each stage moving on to the next round. Five finalists will compete in the final round, and the top three will be selected as Baskit Models and included in a future marketing campaign.

Facebook Chat Offline

While Facebook chat is down for "maintenance", why not pop over to Connexion and make a new friend!

And if you'd like to read about why Facebook chat is offline:
http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/05/05/video-major-facebook-security-hole-lets-you-view-your-friends-live-chats/