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Do moderators routinely check our "Community" private messages?

Paul W
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December 4, 2021 edited July 9, 2024 in General Questions

I am sure it is necessary to have some sort of administrative access to private messages between Community members - to investigate reports of an abusive remark, say - but I just wondered if these messages are monitored as a matter of course.

Naturally, I (and hopefully everybody else) would not wish to be insensitive or make inappropriate comments, but there are certain things I would like to remain strictly confidential (between me and the other person) and am concerned that someone else might be checking comments literally meant to be "for their eyes only".

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  • private messages
  • who can see the messages
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  • bathompson
    bathompson ✭✭✭
    December 4, 2021 Answer ✓

    Hello @Paul W,

    As far as I know, no one or group is checking private messages between people in the Community. I have not heard of that.

    Thanks for your question 😊

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  • Sanra
    Sanra ✭✭✭✭
    December 4, 2021 Answer ✓

    @Paul W

    Thank you for posting in the Community about private messaging.

    The only way we can investigate messages, sent between users, is by having the one with the issue send a screenshot of the message. We cannot view them ourselves.

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