Quote Originally Posted by Psynymph
hmm so wait i do this....."hi E/everyone" sort of stuff.....

does that mean nobody is taking me seriously?? or maybe that Tojo's never read any of my posts?

that fact that i follow this protocol is of my own choice. i personally believe it just shows proper respect for other people. as a sub, it pleases me to be typed about in lowercase because it acknowledges my submissive in a very informal way. as far as capatalizing Dom/me's names.....i just think it's a simple way to show respect....if that Dom/me proves to me that i shouldn't respect Them that way....the capilization will cease.

but if i'm willing to do this, i don't think it should be considered a bad thing, something worthy of bashing. i certainly don't take it to extremes. and if Y/your in a personal convo with me and would like me to stop, just ask.

just for the record, i do think slaveboy was wrong to complain to his Domme, especially to go as far as to say She wasn't domming him correctly. obvisously he didn't respect Her for a true Domme and that seemed to be his own fault.

one should never assume things like that. i do the protocol because it's something i personally believe in, but i wouldn't expect other's to do it.

titles like "Sir" or "Ma'am" are reserved ( in my little world) for training and ownership only.

Im glad you posted, and stood for your belief in what and why you do it. As far as upper and lower case of names. During chat room conversations, where mulitpule people unknown or known to each other the capitalization of the Dom and lower case of the sub as a reference to their role. I can go with that. However to include both upper and lower case letters when addressing everyone. Im not sure that falls under rules of protocol. If it does, I guess I have missed the whole protocol bus. For me if you were to address everyone at once, in a protocol sense you would first address the Dominants of the room, then the submissives, not at the same time.

Thanks for posting an opposing view, I feel it gives enlightenment to those of us who didn't feel the same as you.

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