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 have sent the following email to the Community Manager this evening in accord with the directions provided on this forum.

    I have often written to various entities regarding GDPR, and will follow this matter up with NAS with a more formal request for information within 7-10 days, if I do not receive a reasonable and appropriate response to this email.

    A recent effort to communicate with the "Community Manager" at this place, failed to illicit the courtesy of any response, and that was, in part, regarding privacy and security here.  I hope a response will be forthcoming to this effort (as facsimiled above, for reasons of transparency.)

    Perhaps others are interested in this matter?

    With thanks to Isperg for raising the particulars of this most recent concern regarding security here.

  • Yes, please keep us updated with the response. If they confirm that they can access private messages, I will be sending them an email too. Whilst I don’t use the private message function myself, apart from two occasions, it is the principle that it should be private channel between the two members, and not for NAS to be able to view or moderate. 

  • it is the principle that it should be private channel between the two members, and not for NAS to be able to view or moderate. 

    .........agreed....unless SPECIFICALLY stated to the contrary.  Thank you for being interested and motivated by this matter.

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