I read your comment with interest, since I am a newbie to this lifestyle.
And exactly the "easy access", "anonymity" and "not real" aspect helped me to get involved here. But I am very well aware that this is not the "real thing". I am perfectly aware, that a real spanking hurts a lot more, than the cyber one. ;-)

I even have a BDSM scene in my town but I want to clarify my own motives further before I go "public", since I have to consider a "real life relationship" as well.

So I see the web a great opportunity to find out more about me, before I make some inrevokable decisions in my life. For this I am grateful for this forum, but I share your concerns about some, especially very young people, not realizing the difference between "real" and "web".

Just my 2 cents
Althea