Personal Messages

harryp · Post by **harryp** » July 16th, 2007, 9:14 pm

As a matter of etiquette, should one post personal messages received from another poster??

I can't help but notice this evening that a poster has decided to post a PM conversation to which I was a party. Is this a breach of privacy & confidence? Personally, I would have thought so, but.........?

Leinsterman · Post by **Leinsterman** » July 17th, 2007, 8:01 am

It's a gross breach of confidence - particularly whenthe PM can be manipulated and edited.

If that's what's going to happen with PMs - perhaps they should be disabled on the forum.

CRAZYDAVE · Post by **CRAZYDAVE** » July 17th, 2007, 8:44 am

harryp wrote:As a matter of etiquette, should one post personal messages received from another poster??

I can't help but notice this evening that a poster has decided to post a PM conversation to which I was a party. Is this a breach of privacy & confidence? Personally, I would have thought so, but.........?

It's right up there with "What goes on tour, stays on tour"

Totally irresponsible to post what someone sends in a PM. One could say a suspension offence ! (10 weeks in the bin)

thecoolfreak · Post by **thecoolfreak** » July 17th, 2007, 12:17 pm

In my opinion there is no way PM's should be posted. I thought the whole point of a PM was that they are private

Leinster Zulu · Post by **Leinster Zulu** » July 17th, 2007, 12:20 pm

thecoolfreak wrote:In my opinion there is no way PM's should be posted. I thought the whole point of a PM was that they are private

Spot on there. And anyone who does decide to post a PM they should have serious action taken against them (a ban of some sorts?) to sort them out...

epaddy · Post by **epaddy** » July 17th, 2007, 12:37 pm

Poor old Lord Voldemort gets in one row and everyone is turning on him. Does no one rememeber all he has done for us?

CRAZYDAVE · Post by **CRAZYDAVE** » July 17th, 2007, 1:41 pm

epaddy wrote:Poor old Flash Gordan gets in one row and everyone is turning on him. Does no one rememeber all he has done for us?

Hold on there bald eagle... This doesn't relate or refer to any one individual. It's a non-personal thread on general ethics regarding the publication of PM's

epaddy · Post by **epaddy** » July 17th, 2007, 1:51 pm

CRAZYDAVE wrote:
epaddy wrote:Poor old Lord Voldemort gets in one row and everyone is turning on him. Does no one rememeber all he has done for us?
Hold on there bald eagle... This doesn't relate or refer to any one individual. It's a non-personal thread on general ethics regarding the publication of PM's

Oh right. I will edit.

sarah_lennon · Post by **sarah_lennon** » July 17th, 2007, 3:32 pm

2 people say yes???

Will be very careful who I PM in future.

Leinsterman · Post by **Leinsterman** » July 17th, 2007, 3:51 pm

Maybe it was one person voting twice.

Slipper1 · Post by **Slipper1** » July 17th, 2007, 3:55 pm

Leinsterman wrote:Maybe it was one person voting twice.

Can you do that? it would call into question the validity of all previous polls so.

I demand a recount. please.

sarah_lennon · Post by **sarah_lennon** » July 17th, 2007, 3:57 pm

Slipper1 wrote:
Leinsterman wrote:Maybe it was one person voting twice.
Can you do that? it would call into question the validity of all previous polls so.

I demand a recount. please.

you can only do it if you have two log-ins.

T.C.B. · Post by **T.C.B.** » July 17th, 2007, 4:03 pm

harryp wrote:As a matter of etiquette, should one post personal messages received from another poster??

I can't help but notice this evening that a poster has decided to post a PM conversation to which I was a party. Is this a breach of privacy & confidence? Personally, I would have thought so, but.........?

No they shouldn't. If someone receives an abusive pm, you report it to Eve or Limer. Otherwise personal sh!t should be kept off the forum and dealt with like a focking adult.

Slipper1 · Post by **Slipper1** » July 17th, 2007, 4:04 pm

sarah_lennon wrote:
Slipper1 wrote:
Leinsterman wrote:Maybe it was one person voting twice.
Can you do that? it would call into question the validity of all previous polls so.

I demand a recount. please.
you can only do it if you have two log-ins.

sorry, perhaps I should have put one of these

or these

in my post to indicate that I was joking. While not including you in this Sarah, there are some people around here recently who are just toooooo serious.

sarah_lennon · Post by **sarah_lennon** » July 17th, 2007, 4:05 pm

Slipper1 wrote:
sarah_lennon wrote:
Slipper1 wrote: Can you do that? it would call into question the validity of all previous polls so.

I demand a recount. please.
you can only do it if you have two log-ins.
sorry, perhaps I should have put one of these or these in my post to indicate that I was joking. While not including you in this Sarah, there are some people around here recently who are just toooooo serious.

Sorry Slipper. You're just not the type of guy who normally cracks jokes!! (putting in a

for clarity)

Sook · Post by **Sook** » July 18th, 2007, 12:47 am

I voted no but I would add one exception... If both parties agree to it being put on the public forum ie.

joe soap wrote:
joe bloggs wrote: Hey joe, I think you've raised a really interesting point there... do you mind if I share these pms on the public forum?
Joe blogs: Not at all joe; go for it!

Or something along those lines

Hickiefan · Post by **Hickiefan** » July 18th, 2007, 8:25 am

Looks like a landslide no so. I think the clue is in the name 'private'. As Sook has said if both parties agree then that's different.

Pootle · Post by **Pootle** » July 18th, 2007, 8:39 am

While I've never sent or received any PMs on this site I have on others and while most woud bore the pants off anyone else I'd still hate to think that they could be posted publically.
Why have those who voted yes not argued their viewpoints or is it just people stirring

Tara · Post by **Tara** » July 18th, 2007, 9:28 am

Pootle wrote:Why have those who voted yes not argued their viewpoints or is it just people stirring

Pootle, I understand that at least one of the yes votes was accidental, ie the poster meant to vote no.

Of course in the spirit of respect for privacy which pervades this thread I couldn't possibly post the muppet's name publicly.

ckav · Post by **ckav** » July 18th, 2007, 10:11 am

harryp wrote:As a matter of etiquette, should one post personal messages received from another poster??

I can't help but notice this evening that a poster has decided to post a PM conversation to which I was a party. Is this a breach of privacy & confidence? Personally, I would have thought so, but.........?

In general, I'd agree with this. However, I'd also point out that people who throw out wild accusations or plain stupid comments, shouldn't be surprised if they get PMs about their posts. Surely the idea is to "take something to PM" rather than flailing about publicly on a thread.

I think your poll on this specific occasion is a red herring. You deliberately misconstrued Flash Gordon's mild attempt to throw a bit of humour into the Tag thread, and your comments were stupid and provocative.

Not everyone on the Tag team sees eye to eye - but people taking their personal likes and dislikes to extremes does us all a disservice. You should look at your own actions before you get on your moral trip.

Babbling 'brook

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