Compromise

[elf_master]

Some months ago I was having a conversation with marajaded about D/s stuff. She was asking questions about my relationship with cherishedelf. In theory I have final say on everything in the relationship (in practice that's rather complicated, and we often aren't as strict about it as we'd like). "So there's no compromising?" I recalled a post by elf, where she says

Comments

[drasca]

So... in a geek fora / discussion + debate terms... you're a moderator? :)

[elf_master]

no, more like a judge. I get to decide who wins. I suppose I also set the rules of debate, but it's more than that.

[drasca]

Ah! See... in my discussion forums / fora, moderators are also judges. Final say on what's going on. They talk, discuss ethics, etc too, but they do have the power to clamp down on what goes on.

Of course there's more, but I guess the humour of this joke analogy is lost