Re: Questions to the Administrator
Reply #253 –
In my opinion it is reasonable that mods/admins can read and change whispers. They relate to the thread in question, much of the time anyway, and within their domain of responsibility.
I've been thinking about that whisper thing (that seems to me a curious ethical problem) and I disagree with you.
If people asks for the whisper function (as I said before, to me it's indifferent if we have it or not) it's because they feel the need for a multi level kind of communication.
At the same time - not having to send a pm - they want to make a public and also a private statement directed to someone in particular, not the rest.
If it's private, there's no place for "moderation". Moderated whisper it's an "half whisper", something no one asked for.
Now you tell me, ohh but they can be whispering terrorist things and the sort. Yes, they can, it's a price that respect for privacy a free forum has to pay.
You evoke "domain of responsibility". Simple, make a disclaimer.
That resumes my vision about it.
A matter of attitude.