what do you think of the silent treatment as used for punishment?

[Miner]

silence always feels like shutting someone out, its meant to. for some of us thats huge.

That is you, 13'sbadkitty. Punishment must not only fit the crime, it must also fit the submissive. With the sort of mind-set you have, 13'sbadkitty, the silent treatment would not work, obviously, and I presume your dominant would recognise that, and not use the silent treatment.

In a similar vein, spanking someone who loves being spanked in punishment is, in my opinion, daft. In that case, it may reinforce the bad behaviour.

If a relationship is important to the sub removal of communication from the Dominant online would be something a sub would find unpleasant, and would focus his or her mind on the infraction, and certainly would make them think twice about committing the same offence again.

In a real time relationship the silent treatment would work in a similar way.

So I guess the answer is for me I would hate the silent treatment, and I feel it's an effective punishment.

Precisely!

[Jennifer Williams]

That is you, 13'sbadkitty.

Well of course it's her; the OP's question was

What do you think of the silent treatment as used for punishment.. Do you find it effective?

All any of us has done was posted our own personal opinion about whether this would be effective for them.