Originally Posted by
Isoverity
I've always operated under the assumption that anything can be seen. Rules are fine but you can get a hostile mod or hacker of some kind who ignores rules. I've seen RYL accounts hacked and I've seen staff go sketchy . Maybe from the government will hack you these days lol. My rule is a person's granny should be able to read PMs etc.
Quite - and it's something that people often forget. Rule 1 of the internet, everything is viewable. Rule 2, everything is traceable. Rule 3, nothing is ever deleted for good.
On the topic of this thread, I don't think there's any clear benefit of mods reading private messages - if somebody wants to report something, they can do so easily enough. Cost/benefit - it'd add far more work, both in building a structure to monitor it and in maintaining it - without having any clear purpose. Welcome to hear other opinions though.