New conspiracy theory!! P.M.'s are being moderated now??

Over Christmas, I got first moderated to death for posting a wholesome christmas message, then whilst trying to P.M. a forum member this little beauty pops up...

This is a little too orwellian for me to stomach. P.M.s are personal or private messages by their very definition, and should be mostly unavailable to third parties. 

Also we seem to have a culture of "Silent Accusers" generally developed in this country where people can make accusations against you and trigger "lawfare" without you ever being told who they are, or even the copy of the accusation that has been laid to "authority" made available to you.

There have been quite a few posts that illustrate this if you are aware of and see it as a problem.

Although I've grown quite "fond" of some of you, I've also previously adminstered one forum on the same platform as the alternative to this one and I knw that over there my personal mesages are only going to be read by the recipients and not some third party who might find them triggering or offensive and institute sanctions against me without my knowledge. As currently happens to me every single holiday when the mods are off now....

The internet is already NOT a safe place for people like me, I prefer a forum which doesn't metaphorically have "A wiretap on my phone".

Did you consent to having your PM's overseen routinely?

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  • I’m actually really shocked about this and feel this is quite a breach of privacy. Whilst I completely understand public comments needing to be moderated, private messages should be private and not accessible by anyone other than the people who are messaging one another. It’s also not like you can PM anyone, you have to add eachother as friends and if there is always a message someone is uncomfortable with, you can unfriend that person and report them if absolutely necessary. No reason for PM’s to be moderated!!! 

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  • I’m actually really shocked about this and feel this is quite a breach of privacy. Whilst I completely understand public comments needing to be moderated, private messages should be private and not accessible by anyone other than the people who are messaging one another. It’s also not like you can PM anyone, you have to add eachother as friends and if there is always a message someone is uncomfortable with, you can unfriend that person and report them if absolutely necessary. No reason for PM’s to be moderated!!! 

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