Quote Originally Posted by e.b.
However, I do think that the internet deserves a bit more credit as far as providing forums like this one...where intelligent, respectful members of the scene (many of us r/t as well as o/l) can chat openly
I did give the internet credit for its positive aspects. I htink a lot of good can come from it, if the information provided is informative and reliable.

However, for every forum like this one, there are probably a hundred or more chat rooms and forums and groups that perpetuate the 'internet protocols' and 'internet ignorance' mentioned in the article. It's not an insult to the internet or the people that use it, it's just the facts.

As long as people in the BDSM community continue to treat the community differently than the rest of the world, and as long as the internet BDSM community continues to allow and encourage the protocols that make this community seems strange and confusing to those outside of it, then the BDSM communities will continue to be isolated and viewed as populated by 'creepy' people.

Nothing the outside world is doing is giving the BDSM community its air of mystery and danger. We're doing that to ourselves.