List of forum faults part 2

MODERATORS ARE READING OUR PRIVATE MESSAGES

I don't know for sure, but I have evidence. I finally got a reply to my e-mail asking why posts and pms are going into moderation and why some messages are never appearing at all yesterday, after being ignored for over 2 weeks. Here's the relevant part:

" your account was placed in moderation. The action that has been taken is to protect other users on the forum. As your account remains in moderation this means that your posts are reviewed by the moderation team before being published to the Online Community."

So what I thought was a forum bug is obviously deliberate. And the lack of any indication that pms aren't being "reviewed by the moderation team" seems to strongly suggest that they are! (And no, obviously this does not protect anybody!)

Mark said:

MODERATORS ARE READING OUR PRIVATE MESSAGES

Just a reminder that they're not (unless whoever you send them to has reported them):

Sharon Mod said:

Additionally, we’ve noted that some private messages from flagged accounts are being sent into moderation. While this is being investigated, we want to reassure you that private messages are not read by the Moderation Team unless the recipient shares with it us when they have concerns about its content or rule violations.

https://community.autism.org.uk/f/miscellaneous-and-chat/40855/update-on-technical-issues-and-our-next-steps 

Mark said:

MODERATORS ARE READING OUR PRIVATE MESSAGES

Just a reminder that they're not (unless whoever you send them to has reported them):

Sharon Mod said:

Additionally, we’ve noted that some private messages from flagged accounts are being sent into moderation. While this is being investigated, we want to reassure you that private messages are not read by the Moderation Team unless the recipient shares with it us when they have concerns about its content or rule violations.

https://community.autism.org.uk/f/miscellaneous-and-chat/40855/update-on-technical-issues-and-our-next-steps