A question about PMs ...
 

Sorry about this if it has been covered earlier!

I haven't posted this in DSC Topics because I'd like a wide response from members and non-members alike.

PM stands for Personal Messages ...

... what do you understand Personal to mean?

If I send you a PM and you then publicly display its contents what does that say ... is that an abuse of trust, the system, what ... ?

Debate please to help decide whether I turn the feature off! I don't actually need it - e-mail works just as well I suppose.

If you wish to respond please ONLY debate the point above.

I deleted this thread and started again because I realised there was a misspelled word (one of my cardinal rules is to adhere to good spelling and grammar) in the title and I couldn't change it.

Unfortunately deleting took TP's reply with it so here is his reply;

I guess the fact is that they aren't private.

But neither is e-mail. If the recipient is going to post up your PM then what's to stop them from posting up your e-mail in the same manner?

E-mail won't be read by WT/MT though, unless you send it to them or the recipient forwards it on.

Oh the wicked webs we weave ....

Our company employee directive is:
'We reserve the right to monitor telephone, email and internet use. Any abuse of these systems may result in disciplinary action.' Meaning that the contents are theirs to do with what they like.
I guess I've always assumed this is a standard and fair principle.

The title name can be changed easily by simply dropping any of the webteam a line, I was about change it myself anyways....

Frank

Hhhmmmmm ... not sure this is what I meant?

I accept that things need to be monitored as long as contents are not aired publicly if you have sent something with the assertion that you are using a Personal (or Private ... interpretation?) service.

I think Frank is going the right way as this is a messaging system which is not Personal.

If someone decides to publicly display what you intended to be private/personal it says more about the person than the system.

Does it?

I don't think you can be so black and white on the issue.

IMO it depends on the contents, the nature of it and who it's from. I would view it in that context but agree that it would be the norm to keep it private and a last resort type action to make it public.

I'm with TP on this. It depends of content. General data protection rule of thumb would be race, politics, religion, health, sex:devil:, financial, is taboo.
Publicising recipes for shepherds pie is ok.
There's a whole grey area. What one person thinks is sensitive, another could see as fair game.

Simply use the telephone - HTH ;)

HTH – Thanks Tim :rolleyes:

Thank goodness for www.acronyms.com

Well that doesn’t help me either :lol:

HTH =

Happy To Help
Head To Head
High Test Hypochloride
High Test Hypochlorite
Hit The Hay
Hold The Horse
Hollywood Tower Hotel
Hope That Helps
Hope This Helps

this is at the bottom of EVERY PM you send.. where's the discussion exactly ? the rules are laid out in black and white. Whether you THINK they are private or not.. they are NOT.