Quote Originally Posted by Clevernick View Post
Ah, the perils of on-line domination.

I've been having plenty of conversations about this with others lately -- domination without being physically present is a serious challenge.

If the sub cheats while you're away, sub loses respect for you. If you give assignments that sub can cheat on, are you trusting her, or just setting yourself up for failure?

Maybe it's best only to give assignments that can be proved undeniably to have been done. Maybe it's best to get into the habit of showing up unexpectedly to check in person.

Maybe online Dom is a much more challenging role than R/L.
On the other hand, if you take time and get to know your online partner, you can usually tell if they're sincere in their wish to serve... and thereby you can indeed trust them, provide legitimate tasks in which they can be successful, and further a satisfying relationship for both.

I do ask for journal entries of activities and feelings and the truth always comes out therein anyway. Therefore I rarely need or require "proof."