no way they are private. maybe private from the public, but not the mod's, or at least not across the street they aren't. if they were private i would never have been put on PR
OK. Thanks Mo and Ball. It would be pretty shitty if mods on these forums were reading pms.
OK. Thanks Mo and Ball. It would be pretty shitty if mods on these forums were reading pms.
OK. Thanks Mo and Ball. It would be pretty shitty if mods on these forums were reading pms.
If I say something is true here, its true here.
They are!!!!
fair enough. i was just speaking of past experiences. i believe you would keep that private, and i know i keep all my stuff private.
OK. Thanks Mo and Ball. It would be pretty shitty if mods on these forums were reading pms.
If someone asks a question it will be answered honestly. Aint no one perfect, but we can always be honest and do our best. If someone offered me $10000000 to try and read your pms right now I would be out of luck.
atleast without saying they have that capability
The capabilities are out there in many forms.
Some sites have it set up so that keywords will be flagged, other sites give moderators the ability to log in as any poster, and on and on.
However, we rely on the posters to let us know when someone is soliciting via private message.
My theory is this.
If I can read someone else's pm's then someone else can read mine.
I would rather take a chance on having someone solicit than wonder if someone else besides the intended recipient is reading my private messages. (especially the PMS venting ones :hangt)[/quote]
These are bad man, really bad.
The capabilities are out there in many forms.
Some sites have it set up so that keywords will be flagged, other sites give moderators the ability to log in as any poster, and on and on.
However, we rely on the posters to let us know when someone is soliciting via private message.
My theory is this.
If I can read someone else's pm's then someone else can read mine.
I would rather take a chance on having someone solicit than wonder if someone else besides the intended recipient is reading my private messages. (especially the PMS venting ones :hangt)
I know for a fact mods here have read my PM's
Bullshit no way at all.
tuck likes dicks
Reload is a sneaky little bastard...:thumbsup
Damn youre fast.........I didnt bother to see fck face was joking around but that henny homo always is.
That is not correct. You can set up the VB to have people have certain accesses. I personally don't think they are very private, but that is only my opinion. Been on the backside of a forum and know the VB's very well and can tell you that only the top techie at a forum can know what VB hacks are installed and what they do.
Good people calling the mods liars.
:shoot:
This is something I've been a little curious about.
Many moons ago I ran a forum that had private messages and I was able to read them by digging around in the site's files. I was able to access the files because I had total access to every file on the site and I was the one who installed the forum itself.
Moderators didn't have the ability to access anything except the moderator functions and so on, but the guy who actually owns the account(s) that the site is hosted on could see anything and everything he wants. The private messages files were not encrypted in a database, but instead they were buried various text files.
So, now I'm curious about it. I'm currently uploading a vBulletin 3.8.1 to a host and will poke around and see if I can read and PMs. Will report back..
I would not be surprised if it can be done that way however the only people with that kind of access would be myself, Shrink, and the techies. (that I know of)
I personally have no desire to go to that effort, Shrink can never remember the password to the superadmin account, and the techies could more than likely give a shit less who is pm ing who on this site.
If I can read someone else's pm's then someone else can read mine.
so then you think I am lying?
:+clueless
Good people calling the mods liars.
:shoot:
I said that is not true and I was SPEAKING TO BLONDIE. Where in this thread did I speak to MOFOME? WHERE???????? Not once did I say shit to Mo.
EXCUSE ME SIR. Where in the fuck did I say you were lying? WHERE? ANYWHERE? FUCKIN A. Even BLONDIE, BY THE WAY WHO I WAS SPEAKING TO, realized what I said was true. Her intelligence on the tech side is neck and neck with mine and she understands what I mean when I'm speaking about. UNLIKE SOME OTHER PEOPLE.
Can you point me in the direction of these posters, cause I haven't seen any in this thread? Thank you for your time.