The Architecture of Silence: Submissive Resistance or Lack of Depth?

[Di****]

There is a growing observation within the community regarding the shifting integrity of the D/s bond. When a Master identifies a submissive as their 'greatest treasure' and invests their vision, energy, and the intricate art of rigging into the connection, they occasionally encounter a wall of prolonged, unexplained silence.
This phenomenon raises a fundamental question about the nature of modern dominance. When a Master issues a direct command—one that requires vulnerability and mental presence—and is met with a 24-hour disappearance while the submissive remains active on the periphery, the dynamic shifts. It ceases to be about 'space' and starts to look like a devaluation of the Master’s authority.
Questions for the community to debate:
The Intent of Silence: Is a 24-hour 'ghosting' period after a direct command a form of passive-aggressive 'bratty' resistance, or simply a sign that the submissive lacks the psychological capacity for the depth being offered?
The Value of Presence: In an age of instant connectivity, is there any justification for leaving a Master’s command in a void while continuing to engage in public 'noise' (adding new contacts, etc.)?
The Point of No Return: At what exact moment does a Master’s nurturing patience turn into a waste of his most precious resource—his time? When should the Master simply 'cut the rope' and let the submissive drift away?
Is silence the new tool for manipulation, or have we simply lowered the bar for what it means to truly surrender?

[se****]

Speaking from a sub perspective, sometimes deep and/or slow processing is needed. It takes time to check in with myself if a request is going to place me in a position of vulnerability and possibly close to my limits.

Of course I trust my Master, but I also need to trust my decision-making.

[Se****]

I would never go a full 24 hours without talking to my Dom (if I had one at this moment). I find it completely disrespectful. Even if their request or command was past my limits and boundaries, I'm still an adult and can speak for myself if I do not agree with something. The dynamic is all about trust and respect, without it, there is no dynamic in my eyes.

[Dr****]

Well done for making me realise this app was more than I thought! Eloquent post, I have nothing to add to the debate, because it's none of my business x

[cl****]

I think the silence is because they don't have an answer and need to process and integrate the Domme's request. Some subs don't have the emotional language to deal with it immediately if they don't know how to deal with it.

[cl****]

You, as a Dominant might need to understand that silence = a boundary. And create safety so they can rectify it even if it is to say 'i am overwhelmed right now and will reply properly in a day'. For me, it just shows what's compatible and what's not and how willing are you both to rectify the dynamic

[Ch****]

"Nurturing patience"? "Exact moment"? You're asking a group of strangers when you should break up with "the submissive" because of 24 hours of space? Simply asking the submissive shouldn't be that hard, maybe they needed something. Maybe it touched a nerve or limit. Your use of extremely impersonal language seems to imply a lot and about your style of dominance. Hoping it's an ESL thing, perhaps...but nothing about this post reads emotional intelligence or nurturing patience. It reads as "she didn't do what i said right away so I'm irreversibly offended"...which does not project a mature possession or use of power. And to present this as factual laws of the state of the universe from the first sentence? Our side of the debate, sadly, is that you may want to try a little more introspection before you throw so much blame. If immediate, unquestioned obedience to authority was so completely spelled out in your dynamic, regardless of whether it reasonably can be among humans, you wouldn't be asking us for our opinions.

[cl****]

7 minutes ago, ChromeStarz said:

"Nurturing patience"? "Exact moment"? You're asking a group of strangers when you should break up with "the submissive" because of 24 hours of space? Simply asking the submissive shouldn't be that hard, maybe they needed something. Maybe it touched a nerve or limit. Your use of extremely impersonal language seems to imply a lot and about your style of dominance. Hoping it's an ESL thing, perhaps...but nothing about this post reads emotional intelligence or nurturing patience. It reads as "she didn't do what i said right away so I'm irreversibly offended"...which does not project a mature possession or use of power. And to present this as factual laws of the state of the universe from the first sentence? Our side of the debate, sadly, is that you may want to try a little more introspection before you throw so much blame. If immediate, unquestioned obedience to authority was so completely spelled out in your dynamic, regardless of whether it reasonably can be among humans, you wouldn't be asking us for our opinions.

This. The word 'investment' and transactional expectations says alot

[al****]

When I first read this thread topic so many thoughts came into my head. But I will say as a submissive that silence is often used on both sides of the D/s equation. It’s not just a sub that uses silence. A Dominant will quite often do the same. He may demand something from his sub or create a set of rules then totally disregard His part of the deal by going quiet for 8,10 or 12 hours as he handles things in his “real” life. We subs are supposed to do as we are told and not balk at the silences directed towards us. I guess what I’m saying is that it’s a 2 way street and we all need to remember that silence within a dynamic is destructive.

[Ne****]

Hmm this seems a bit like Doms whining about the natural course and necessary steps a submissive must take and that it doesn't happen on their time or framework of understanding and participation. That's not YOU, though, right?

[cl****]

Sometimes *** and *** is hidden inside kink and bdsm like everywhere else. As a domme, if I hear of another dominant not gently creating space to self reflect and see what's going on when someone goes radio silent, it's a red flag

[Bu****]

I have never heard of this. When you say ghosting that implies zero communication I think it’s one thing to need some time but why does all other communication have to cease? Also, if the submissive needs 24 hours, in my opinion, the answer she gave is no. And depending on the dynamic and what has been agreed-upon will determine how the situation is handled. This could be played out so differently in different dynamics. I’m a submissive and I go crazy if my Dom took 24 hours to get back to me, lol. I’d be hurt.

[am****]

Seems like she just doesn't see you as what you portray yourself to be

[ey****]

AI Slop.

[bl****]

I do not tolerate lack of communication at all. Full stop.

[AKA_Copper]

I guess it's about context isn't it.
Ghosting for x amount hours/ignoring a "direct command" isn't bratting in my view.
My thoughts are, at what point is the relationship, is there psychological safety, emotional intelligence, buy in from each individual, what's been agreed etc etc

[cl****]

Yeah this whole thing reads like Chat GPT wrote it

[AKA_Copper]

2 hours ago, eyemblacksheep said:

AI Slop.

How do you tell? I can identify when someone's used it at work because writing style/language changes and certain words they ask it to use are highlighted in bold text but not here.
Also, if this is what AI gives out, how intelligent is it actually?

[sardonicus87]

28 minutes ago, AKA_Copper said:

How do you tell? I can identify when someone's used it at work because writing style/language changes and certain words they ask it to use are highlighted in bold text but not here.
Also, if this is what AI gives out, how intelligent is it actually?

Based on how dumb the average person tends to be, the more pompous the language, the more I presume it's AI.

The more it starts to sound like a pseudo-academic paper, the more likely is to be AI. There's also a lot of formatting things like titling paragraphs and ending with a colon.

[ey****]

20 minutes ago, AKA_Copper said:

 

How do you tell? I can identify when someone's used it at work because writing style/language changes and certain words they ask it to use are highlighted in bold text but not here.
Also, if this is what AI gives out, how intelligent is it actually?

AI is getting really good, but still has it's tells.  Mind - as someone said somewhere, they were a professional writer and some of the 'tells' were stuff they did in their own writing.  But for me.

Use of em dashes is often a tell - particularly as there's no quick/easy keyboard shortcut.  

A lot of AI models when you ask them for a forum post end with 'Questions for the community' and 3-4 questions.  

There's also a lot which doesn't *read* right, there's opinions presented as a matter of fact - "There is a growing observation within the community regarding the shifting integrity of the D/s bond." - is there, where? If this is his observation he'd write as such, rather than the person-shift.  

It's also on the whole a very strange post for someone to do as their first post.  

A little bit not a sign of AI but not one person has agreed they've also noticed this shift, many questioning it.

[ey****]

2 minutes ago, sardonicus87 said:

the more pompous the language, the more I presume it's AI.

ha, you put that into words better than I did.

[sardonicus87]

12 minutes ago, eyemblacksheep said:

ha, you put that into words better than I did.

I just throught of better words to put it into:
"Smart" words actually used correctly, but about a dumb idea.

It's not any one thing, but multiple factors. But there is a certain way that AI's tend to write, and when you see it enough, there's some patterns that come up.

But yeah, if it feels like the post is "trying too hard", it's probably AI slop. My default these days is to assume anything that doesn't read like it was written by a caveman, is AI slop.

But, I might be a *little* cynical.

[AKA_Copper]

16 minutes ago, eyemblacksheep said:

AI is getting really good, but still has it's tells.  Mind - as someone said somewhere, they were a professional writer and some of the 'tells' were stuff they did in their own writing.  But for me.

Use of em dashes is often a tell - particularly as there's no quick/easy keyboard shortcut.  

A lot of AI models when you ask them for a forum post end with 'Questions for the community' and 3-4 questions.  

There's also a lot which doesn't *read* right, there's opinions presented as a matter of fact - "There is a growing observation within the community regarding the shifting integrity of the D/s bond." - is there, where? If this is his observation he'd write as such, rather than the person-shift.  

It's also on the whole a very strange post for someone to do as their first post.  

A little bit not a sign of AI but not one person has agreed they've also noticed this shift, many questioning it.

Thanks Eyem, I'd rather not spend my time interacting with something written by a robot, will take more notice in future.

[AKA_Copper]

19 minutes ago, sardonicus87 said:

Based on how dumb the average person tends to be, the more pompous the language, the more I presume it's AI.

The more it starts to sound like a pseudo-academic paper, the more likely is to be AI. There's also a lot of formatting things like titling paragraphs and ending with a colon.

Thank you, I will be paying more attention in future!!

[sardonicus87]

14 minutes ago, AKA_Copper said:

Thank you, I will be paying more attention in future!!

"There is a growing observation that..."/"there is a growing perception that..." as the first sentence is a classic sign of AI slop.