CallaFirestormBW
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SPEAKING of which, I'd like to see more feed-back from tops/Doms. Do y'all see a need for new terms or am I the only one that sees that new terms might be helpful? The only terms that are relevant to me are the ones that I negotiate with the individuals with whom we participate. I'm not looking for one particular thing, though. As a poly dominant-oriented individual with Victorian/Steampunk leanings and a fondness for edge-play (needles, cutting, branding), I find that a checkbox on a profile does very little to explain how a certain person will fit into my household. The only way for me to figure out whether there's some kind of 'match' is to actually talk with people and get a feel for how they might integrate. It seems to me that most people who use this service (and most other 'dating-type' services I've encountered) don't fit into the definitions that I'd give for the boxes they choose to plant themselves in, in any case--which makes any kind of pre-packaged definition pretty irrelevant in the long run. For me, the baseline generalizations would be Gender (because gender realy does matter to some folks, even if it doesn't really matter to me) and Orientation (dominant vs. submissive)... with those in place to narrow the field slightly, I can take it from there. I've found that my delete key is a fine and efficient tool for dealing with individuals who are obviously and mortally poorly compatible with me -- and hitting delete saves both of us all kinds of time to look for others who are -more- compatible. Dame Calla
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