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FriendlyMuppet -> Curious as to the direction of bdsm relationships with evolution of the Internet (11/20/2014 8:54:41 PM)
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I preface this with a bit of information that some may already know. I've been around the bdsm community pretty much since the dawn of the Internet. That doesn't mean I'm some kind of expert or anything, but just points out that I've been part of the bdsm community since about the time we moved online.
In the beginning, we mostly participated with newsgroups, then message boards and then into site specific communication vehicles like we have today (like collarspace). Some of the things that we observed during this time was the advent of a lot of dishonesty interlaced into the community as real life interactions were quickly replaced with the anonymity of people not knowing who you are (which has developed all sorts of different problems, like disappearing contacts, scams, etc.
So, my question is more of a conjecture, or predictive concept, but I'm curious where you all think it's going to go from here? Or are we already there where it's reached its apex and it's done changing?
Any predictions on how the social network aspect of bdsm might still evolve in the years to come, which might predicate certain possibilities, like bdsm becoming more mainstream, a social upheaval that might cause it to become much more popular (or through some kind of religious or quasi-moral response become even less inclusive and acceptable)?
To give an example, when I first started in the scene, submissives were generally part of a demographic that was expected to be quiet and responsive mostly to dominants who were inhabiting the known online mediums (like electronic bulletin boards (bbs systems)), but quickly more and more submissive entities became more vocal and actually joined up to interact in ways that helped a lot of others who were thinking of going the submissive route to then participate because they could identify with people like them, when before they were mostly reclusive and convinced there weren't many others like them.
So, with that kind of though process in mind, has anyone "seen" where this whole endeavor might take us next, or if not, where you would like to see it continue to evolve?
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