While in the chat room lobby, I enjoy verbal sparring and being flirtatious. However, if I ever offend anyone with what they feel is disrespectful behavior towards them, I would like them to let me know. I would be horrified if I truly offended someone in that manner.

That being said; I am not one to bow and scrape to someone simply because they identify as a dominant. I am polite to everyone until they treat me in a demeaning manner. (At that point, I will still be polite, but "respect" will have flown out the window - but that doesn't mean I would be rude to the person. I simply wouldn't interact with them.)

To that end...it is sometimes difficult to know WHO is "old-school dominant" without extensive information on profile pages. I try to visit profiles whenever meeting someone new on the site to get a general idea of the person, their "role" and their status so that I am aware of Dom/me or sub or male or female, etc. It's not very helpful when people are cryptic on their profiles.

People who want to play (whether by being silly and flirtatious or even "sexting") are fairly obvious. Those who want to have serious discussions are also usually fairly obvious. I go with the flow, whether in chat or in the forums. Serious discussions call for serious well thought out answers, whereas playtime is playtime.