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MN and access to our PMs

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WichBitchHarpyTerfThatsMe · 30/06/2018 20:33

I've been told today that admins at a fairly junior level in MN have access to our PMs. I'm not certain whether or not it is true but as a precaution I've deleted all of mine.

Given the recent leaks with the MF FB members and the concerns about the past behaviour of certain MN staff I don't think we can be too careful.

I know that in relation to meeting up for WPUK meetings I shared my phone number and geographical whereabouts with some other MN members via PMs so I've deleted those messages as a precaution. All the MN women I met up with were lovely btw and not narcissistic psychopaths so am pretty sure they are trustworthy, MN staff on the other hand - I don't know.

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Theinconstantgardener · 30/06/2018 22:41

I got the same message with two I sent and the subsequent replies to me in my inbox. This is scary.

LassWiADelicateAir · 30/06/2018 22:38

Pencils - comment below is from the thread in Site stuff. This is quite worrying. Someone is reading and deleting pms without either the senders or the recipients knowing or asking.

GertieMotherwell

I had loads, as did the poster I was PMing.
Neither of us requested it.

LassWiADelicateAir · 30/06/2018 22:32

Just looked again. There are actually 5 in total or rather 10.

I received 2 very kind pms from a poster who i think has either gone or may have been. I replied to both. Her messages to me and my replies have gone with that deletion message. In this case the initial pm was sent to me.

The others were 3 pms from someone in 2017 who is either long gone or name changed- again the messages she sent me have gone and my replies.

I DID NOT ASK FOR THE MESSAGES I SENT TO BE REMOVED

PencilsInSpace · 30/06/2018 22:16

Lass, do you mean that two messages you sent yourself have been removed? Did you ask for them to be deleted or did it just happen?

LassWiADelicateAir · 30/06/2018 22:14

I have 2 received and 2 sent removed. They were innocuous- the 2 sent were just some one being kind and my replies were just thanks. No personal details in any of them.

PencilsInSpace · 30/06/2018 22:05

I just cleared out my PM folders. There were a few in there that said 'this message has been removed as user request'

I want to know how to do that. There's a thread in site stuff.

OlennasWimple · 30/06/2018 21:39

Wasn't this one of the things that got tightened following the intern debacle? It's a good idea not to keep identifying stuff lurking in there anyway - I try to remember to have a regular clear out of messages, so this is a timely reminder to do some online housekeeping

MnerXX · 30/06/2018 21:00

Thanks for the reminder. I haven’t PM’d anything identifying to anyone but there was some pretty personal stuff in there I’d rather no one saw. Is there a deleted folder that needs emptying as well?

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WichBitchHarpyTerfThatsMe · 30/06/2018 20:59

I don't know Tells, you may well be right but right now I'm feeling a teeny weeny bit paranoid.

I've added my full name to many letters and petitions re the self-ID stuff but my name isn't that identifying whereas specific info like phone numbers etc is.

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TellsEveryoneRealFacts · 30/06/2018 20:54

if they have access to them they probably have access to see deleted ones.

hipsterfun · 30/06/2018 20:48

I deleted the ones in my outbox but I can’t know whether or not the recipients deleted them from their inboxes.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 30/06/2018 20:46

I believe that after the internet thing @MNHQ have tightened up who has access to what - it's still a matter of whether or not you trust those who do have access though.

Somerville · 30/06/2018 20:45

They certainly used to have access to all PM's - it's a legit strategy for working out if someone is PBP or trolling. But they tightened things because of GDPR so not so sure now.
Certainly though, deleting messages with things like your phone number seems a good idea on any platform at this stage.

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