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	SD! : Web boards : Website help : "Suggestions for board etiquette" 1 2 3 4 5 Suggestions for board etiquette (48) 10 Sep 08, 6:21 PM anjuli UK, 18 mths Please read the AUP. Please read the instructions for posting to the boards and try to find the appropriate one. AND PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THE BAN ON PERSONAL ADS. Sorry people, I am being a bit shouty but I am currently tired of seemingly doing nothing but answering wankers, players, posers and pretenders and trying to deal with general numpty-ness, let alone more serious stuff! I shall go have a break and remember Tanos's little saying. 'It's only a website! It's only a website! It's only a website!' <grins> See it helps. anjuli ~~~ “I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.” - Anais Nin ~~~ Edited 10 Sep 08, 6:22 PM by anjuli 10 Sep 08, 10:40 PM 000-874-172 UK, 5 yrs Err, what happened to tangie? 10 Sep 08, 10:54 PM anjuli UK, 18 mths Gone again I see. Somehow I am unsurprised. Night all. ~~~ “I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.” - Anais Nin ~~~ 27 Sep 08, 5:52 AM property_of_MacCain US(PA), 10 mths *bump* ~the "pro" symbol~ i'm going to need a little help explaining this one because in the States we don't have a pound symbol on our keyboards. If S/someone could jump in and give an example that would be great. The little green pound sign denotes "pro". It does not mean "pro" as in Y/you like it. It does not mean "pro" as in Y/your really good at it. It means "pro" as in professional. If Y/you don't require payment for services it doesn't apply to you. It may send out signals Y/you don't intend, so please F/folks, adjust Y/your profiles if necessary. p I breathe because He allows me to, indulging Him indulges me. 27 Sep 08, 9:45 AM SixThreeFive SE, 21 mths poMC is speaking of this symbol: £ On an US International keyboard, £ can be found if pressing Alt Gr + 4 (I think, at least). Depending on which software you're running for your keyboard, you might find the £ symbol with compose + L. I'd think the easiest way would be to check your Microsoft Office Word symbol-settings and assign it somewhere, but I'm not entirely sure if that carries over after closing Word. 27 Sep 08, 12:55 PM property_of_MacCain US(PA), 10 mths 635, Thanks for the help!!! SixThreeFive wrote: On an US International keyboard, £ can be found if pressing Alt Gr + 4 (I think, at least). i gave it a try but nothing happens...i guess my keyboard isn't international. If i hit shift + 4 i get the $(dollar)though. What we call the "pound" here looks like this # and has nothing to do with money. i think that is why so many from the U.S. are confused. p I breathe because He allows me to, indulging Him indulges me. Edited 27 Sep 08, 12:57 PM by property_of_MacCain 27 Sep 08, 1:03 PM Mistress_Tiara UK, 2 yrs For those who are confused, this sign - £ - is our sign for currency, in the way this sign - $ - is to Americans. As Property of MacCain has explained, by ticking the 'pro top/ bottom' option on your profile, you are indicating that you are a professional top or bottom who charges for their services. You therefore then get a '£' sign after your name so people will know that if they want to 'play' with you, they have to pay you. *~*Mistress Tiara*~* 1 Oct 08, 8:14 PM anjuli UK, 18 mths I want to bump this thread up again and return to the subject of proper address for others here - probably for obvious reasons. Anything other than someone's name or screen name or a shortened version of it perhaps, is probably pushing your luck if you don't know the person and know that it's welcome. We are all equal here. No s-type owes any self-proclaimed M any particular respect altho many will give it and make it obvious when they feel it's earned by either D or s. Specifically then, please no use of belittling terms even if you do feel that you are Lord High Master of the Universe. And I'm afraid it does appear to be a mistake that mostly is made by those who claim to be d-types who seem to patronise s-types exclusively. (I make that suggestion carefully as I realise that s-types could be just as rude if they chose but I'm going by experience here and will stick with addressing this for the moment.) As we who live the life are used to Men whose dominance is appropriately expressed, and often accompanied by a notable level of courtesy to others and a distinct lack of this crass need to make their superiority known, it's likely we will be unimpressed and irritated, not to mention our owners' feelings on the matter. So, those who choose to go this way make themselves look pompous idiots and the whole thing is likely to be counter-productive, bringing your own stature into question. And to close, it probably shouldn't need saying but can I remind people that personal attacks are not permitted under the AUP you read and agreed as a condition of your membership here. Here are the relevant sections as a reminder... Use of the site You may not use SD! to commit crimes under English law, or expose SD! to civil liabilities to other people. You may not use SD! to defame, harrass, threaten or stalk other individuals. "Flaming" Robust debate is a feature of many adult internet environments. However, you may not use SD! to make verbal attacks on other named users, and falsely attributing statements or actions to other people, especially when presented as direct quotations, is totally unacceptable. Please do not attempt to use SD! for "name and shame" campaigns, as moderators cannot distinguish between genuine complaints and malicious smear campaigns. "Sock puppets" You may not maintain multiple profiles on SD! without acknowledging your ownership of them in their profile descriptions. This is intended to stop sock puppets rather than additional profiles for events, businesses etc. "Passing off" and "Bullshitting" A wide range of opinions about D/s, M/s and other forms of ownership relationships are legitimately posted on the SD! web boards. However, outright deception about your level of experience, or the nature of your previous or current relationships, will not be tolerated. One common example is trying to pass online or long-distance relationships off as 24/7 co-resident M/s by carefully worded posts. Please argue the points and debate rather than attack or flame the posters and extend a bit of common courtesy to everyone and we will have a more friendly, constructive and pleasant place to talk. thanks anjuli ~~~ “I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.” - Anais Nin ~~~ 6 Oct 08, 10:58 PM little_linnet US, 3 yrs People. Please, for the love of all that's holy (yes, even cheesecake, the real dense kind you can actually break pieces off of to eat with your fingers). There are a number of symbols used by many of us in the English speaking world. They are called "punctuation". You may have noticed them already here in this post. You have a wide variety of punctuation to choose from. Here is just a small sampling: .,;?! Neat, huh? Please, please. Ellipses (...) are used for specific purposes. They are NOT crazy eights or free squares, they can NOT be used as a replacement for every other kind of punctuation. All they do is drive your reader crazy. The same goes for exclamation points! A post written in all exclamation points! Gets very irritating very fast! Also if you write with no punctuation at all many people will give up on trying to plow through an unrelieved slog of words with no differentiation sentence parts or inflection. You need not be an artist with arcane and obscure punctuation uses just for godsake throw a comma in every once in a while or something you will find it makes your posts much easier for people to read. Krista The thing you have to remember about girls is that the hyperfluid bearings under the camshafts can be miscalibrated along either axis, so regular maintanence is required to keep resonance in the titanium casing from causing abrasions against the primary sprocket joists. Edited 7 Oct 08, 6:58 PM by little_linnet 7 Oct 08, 4:34 PM Andrin DE, 4 mths May I raise and waggle a flag in support of what Krista wrote above. There are plenty of readers ploughing through these sites for whome English is a foreign language. And a halfway decent use of spelling, grammar and punctuation makes the time we spend on SD a lot more valuable. Thanks to everybody who takes this into account. (positive side effect: I had to ask a member what the meaning of "xxx" is and out of that simple question a great and valuable exchange of e-mails developped ) Regards Sir Andrin Next page