# twickster, what part of "private" don't you understand? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 16, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster-what-part-of-private-dont-you-understand/510330 "2009-09-16T15:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster-what-part-of-private-dont-you-understand/510330/30 "2009-09-16T19:18:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I said about 27 times\* during the whole **Seven** situation that he was not banned for quoting a PM. He was suspended for repeatedly breaking other rules, mostly about insulting people, and acting like a jerk. Part of the ‘acting like a jerk’ involved quoting a PM, but only a part, and as other mods have noted there is not a rule against it. I’ve not commented or complained, nor do I care about the **Seven** situation. It is immaterial to me. It raises the issue of PMs and privacy, that is all. This is a much larger discussion. > [@Marley23](#): > > **twickster** could have warned **DudleyGarrett** in private, but we don’t like to do things that way and Dopers have come to expect that warnings are always made public. You don’t like to keep private messages private. Gotcha. and there’s no reason the reason for the warnoing has to be made public. If the offense is in general posting, and a warning ensues, people like to be able to understand what behavior generated the warning. But if the offense is in private, all that has to be said that so and so was warned for inappropriate comments made in a PM. The end. > [@Intesive purposes? Intents and purposes? etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intesive-purposes-intents-and-purposes-etc/55893/3): > > 1She didn’t have to reveal specifically what he said, but if she hadn’t, she would have been asked. So? > [@Intesive purposes? Intents and purposes? etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intesive-purposes-intents-and-purposes-etc/55893/3): > > Going to that level of secrecy over “shove it up your ass” seems a little ridiculous. She went the simple route and just told people why he was being warned. Thus, unnecessarily revealing private correspondence. And referring to it as “that level of secrecy” doesn’t make it more than it actually was. > [@Intesive purposes? Intents and purposes? etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intesive-purposes-intents-and-purposes-etc/55893/3): > > If she’d disclosed personal information about **DudleyGarrett** you’d have a case that his privacy was violated. But she didn’t. She didn’t. But I still have a case. The one of PMs remaining private. > [@Intesive purposes? Intents and purposes? etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intesive-purposes-intents-and-purposes-etc/55893/3): > > We want people to respect each other’s privacy and everyone prefers these messages not be posted. Kinda… > [@Intesive purposes? Intents and purposes? etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intesive-purposes-intents-and-purposes-etc/55893/3): > > Like **twickster** said, she had a judgment call to make on this issue because there were conflicting values. Then her judgement is shit and she should not be a Mod. And this is lame. She did it because she thought it would give her cover and make explaining things easier. There was no greater goal here, it was padding her dumb ass. > [@Intesive purposes? Intents and purposes? etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intesive-purposes-intents-and-purposes-etc/55893/3): > > If posters feel they’re being harrassed by other posters via PM, they can talk to a mod about it. I’ve had people share PMs with me this way, and I think this is a similar situation. No it’s not. Not even remotely. Posters _must_ involve a Mod in those instances because _they can’t_ issue there own warnings or bans to slap bad behavior. _Moderators ca_n. See the difference? If not, it’s because it’s too big. Try backing up about a mile to see the whole thing. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster-what-part-of-private-dont-you-understand/510330)._