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	SD! : Web boards : The Slave Register : "New User's Guide" 1 2 New User's Guide (14) Fri 26 Sep 08, 5:48 PM property_of_MacCain US(PA), 8 mths  i've noticed a few common mistakes new users make...so i performed a search to see if a guide was available. Since none were found, i thought i might start one. 1st common mistake: The pro symbol being used when not the case. F/folks, the pound symbol is used if you require payment for services. It is NOT pro as in pro-choice, nor is it pro as in Y/your really good at it. It is pro as in professional. If Y/you do not require payment it doesn't apply to Y/you. 2nd common mistake: Placing threads in the wrong place. Please take a moment of Y/your time to assure Tanos doesn't have to move your post. 3rd mistake: Here there are terms that are not used in the vanilla world. Familiarize Y/yourself with the terminology prior to posting. A glossary can be found at: http://www.enslavement.org.uk/glossary And please F/folks... try to do a search on your question prior to posting... If Y/you find one that Y/you'd like to add to, it will be bumped up for A/all to see. Anything A/anyone else would like to add? I breathe because He allows me to, indulging Him indulges me. 26 Sep 08, 7:50 PM Mistress_Tiara UK, 22 mths  Hi PoMC, Good thinking. There is a thread on 'Board Etiquette' here http://www.seekdiscipline.com/boards/help/177671... or on the Website Help thread that covers a lot of the common issues. That may be helpful *~*Mistress Tiara*~* 26 Sep 08, 8:17 PM SixThreeFive SE, 19 mths  There's this thread, which is similar: http://www.seekdiscipline.com/boards/ie_theory/1... I still wish there were stickies... :-/ Edit: Posted wrong link, fixed it. Edited 27 Sep 08, 12:09 AM by SixThreeFive 27 Sep 08, 1:06 PM property_of_MacCain US(PA), 8 mths  Thanks! Both of those threads are excellent. Hope E/everybody takes the time to check them out. p I breathe because He allows me to, indulging Him indulges me. 18 Oct 08, 1:20 PM marie36DD UK, 14 mths  profile change??? but why// One of my submissives has come to me to tell me for some reason I am now shown as subscription and that she actually owns me??? ...I have tried to change my status to Mistress but to no availe...I am informed people are having problems adding and making new profiles today... Any advice would be good. Mistress Marie 18 Oct 08, 7:10 PM property_of_MacCain US(PA), 8 mths  Sorry i don't know the answer. marie36DD wrote: profile change??? but why// One of my submissives has come to me to tell me for some reason I am now shown as subscription and that she actually owns me??? ...I have tried to change my status to Mistress but to no availe...I am informed people are having problems adding and making new profiles today... Any advice would be good. Mistress Marie You may want to start a new thread in Website Help so that others can see your question. p I breathe because He allows me to, indulging Him indulges me. 18 Oct 08, 7:14 PM property_of_MacCain US(PA), 8 mths  i wanted to take a moment to let "newbies" know what the posts with the r means. When something is reported to admin for violation of AUP rules, the reporter can post an "R" for reported. This allows other users to see that the issue has already been reported and saves Tanos from having to sift through multiple reports of the same offence. Happy posting! p I breathe because He allows me to, indulging Him indulges me. 18 Oct 08, 10:32 PM Admin 10 yrs  We also need a way to help new users find these pages, especially the How To? guides: http://www.seekdiscipline.com/about/ Regards, Admin www.seekdiscipline.com Edited 18 Oct 08, 10:54 PM by Admin 18 Oct 08, 10:46 PM property_of_MacCain US(PA), 8 mths  Thank you Admin! Found the answer to the above question regarding changing membership type in the how to section... i cut and pasted the answer below. How to change your profile type to membership or subscriptionThere are three classes of profile on SD!: standard which is the default; subscriptions for submissives and slaves (including registrations); and memberships for owners, masters, dominants etc. If you have an active registration number or set your ownership type to submissive or slave, then the "Profile type" line on your profile will appear as "Subscription". If you set your ownership type to master, dominant etc then the profile type will be "Membership". The ownership type is set by going Your Settings, then "Profile settings". Hope that helps!!! p I breathe because He allows me to, indulging Him indulges me. 19 Oct 08, 1:23 AM 201-997-618 AU, 2 mths  property_of_MacCain wrote: 2nd common mistake: Placing threads in the wrong place. Please take a moment of Y/your time to assure Tanos doesn't have to move your post. Thank you everyone for posting these links. I'm a 'time-challenged' newbie to the forum and was glad to see this. I have a query regarding my own posts because i did wonder about them. As i was browsing the links i came across a comment by Anjuli: "As a general guide the main submission, domination, poly boards, the IE theory and practice boards, along with the household boards, are for real time 24/7 D/s and M/s subjects. They are what was originally TSR basically." Regarding placing threads in the wrong place i fear many of my questions will relate to real time 24/7 but will have reference or apply to online in some way as well so my question is should i post in accordance with the 'subject' as above or because i'm in an online LDR am i restricted to posting to the online board even though the actual subject might be dominance, submission, IE practice etc. I have enjoyed reading those boards for several months and received so much confirmation of my own thoughts - i can't thank everyone enough for their contributions and for the knowledge i have gained from them. i guess i'm confused whether those boards and subjects are only for 'those physically living together' or for 'anyone in a serious M/s or D/s relationship and not just a role play one'. obviously 'real time 24/7' in the physical sense is 'different' to online relationships but they can be just as real and intense and '24/7' when the mindset is there at all times - when the trust, bond, control, submission and mental shifts etc are present and progressing 24/7 and so those subjects definitely apply to online relationships as well. i hope i've explained my question in a way that makes sense and thank all in advance for any clarification you can offer and also i apologize if this has been answered already. best wishes to all 19 Oct 08, 3:00 AM 688-764-833 US, 2 yrs  Hello, 201-997-681 and welcome. It is my understanding that anyone may post anywhere BUT please bear the following in mind: The definitions and what is considered “normal” for these boards (unless specified otherwise) are based on 24/7, live in M/s. There are many, many D/s and kink boards out there. There is (to the best of my knowledge) ONE site devoted primarily to M/s: that would be this one and I, for one, am very, very thankful people are working to keep it that way. In this one little haven, 24/7 live-in M/s is the norm and accepted as a given; everything else is considered “different”. That does not mean the opinions of people in other types of relationship aren't welcome (examples: submissiveheart, Ms. Valentine and her sub, me (I live about two hundred feet from my master in what he calls my “one bedroom cage”) and all the unowned s-types to name a few). I have never been made to feel unwelcome though I do not fit the 24/7 live-in definition. What I *do* do, however, is not offer advice that is unsuitable to someone in a 24/7 M/s relationship like, “why don't you just leave?” or, “you HAVE to have a safeword”, or, “just tell him you don't want to do x: M/s is about the s anyway”. I'm sure that online relationships can be very intense to the parties involved: it's not a matter of “better than” or “less than” any more than a submissive is “less than” a slave. They are simply *different* (that, I think, is why Tanos added an online section: because those relationships are different and come with a different set of obstacles). Just because you (general “you”) have not experienced something does not mean you can't imagine it (there would be no fiction in the world otherwise) or you're not working towards said something. And, from my perspective, no one here is saying your (general “your”) opinion isn't valid unless you meet this criteria: as far as I can tell, all anybody here asks is that you keep the fact that this IS a site for 24/7 live-in M/s and the people in those relationships in mind when posting. On this site, I've see many people in LDRs say that they are angry over the separation of LDRs or that they are being made to feel “less than” or they're afraid to post but they've almost all said they've learned a lot from reading these boards. I would like these people (especially the angry ones) to think about what there would be to read if there was no delineation. These same people spend time here and not on, say, CollarMe for a reason, no? This site is different: if no separation were enforced it would not be: please, everyone, bear that in mind. Cheers, Leesie Next page