PM's How Private?

[classic33]

Okay they're now called conversations, but the basic questions remains the same.
How private should they be?
Rules say don't include anything that you'd not post on the forum. But try posting your phone number in Classifieds & see how long it stays there.

How would you feel if something given in one was passed onto a third party?

Is there an undefined line that can be crossed, so long as you can feel justified in doing so.

 

[Cubist]

Generally speaking I would always say "here's my number, but keep it to yourself please"

Due to the amount t of confidential info I've been involved with all my career, I would never pass things like a number or any other personal details I had obtained on a one-to-one basis without expressly seeking the consent of the owner in the first place. Unfortunately, not everybody behaves like this, and stuff gets shared unthinkingly.

 

[Cubist]

Putin is watching and listening.

No laughing matter for some people if a perceived breach of confidentiality has taken place.

 

[nickyboy]

In organising rides I do PM my mobile number to participants rather than posting it in the ride thread itself. I don't expressly seek assurances from those I'm PM'ing that they won't pass my number on but I think it's implicit in the fact I've sent it by PM

Having said that, my mobile is used for my business so it's known by loads of people anyway

 

[Cubist]

It wasn't really a joke more of a statement that hacking seems more and more prevalent - witness the US elections and various bank/service company websites that have been hacked recently.

Ah, in that case I shall go and knit myself an ironic tinfoil hat.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Ah, in that case I shall go and knit myself an ironic tinfoil hat.

Is that what steel wool is for?

 

[Brandane]

Hi Classic,
How's things? I'm sending this by PM so that all those other nosey farking nobbers can't read it. Jeez; what a bunch of morons, and I reckon most of them have never been near a bike in their sad lifes. Nothing better to do but come on a cycling forum to moan about drivers, and discuss the same old pish over and over again.
Anyway, what was it you were asking about PM's? I don't know much about them, apart from how to send them. It's the button below this that says "post reply", I think.

 

[Globalti]

PM's what? Are we discussing the Prime Minister here?

 

[classic33]

I used mobile number because it can often be seen by people posting stolen bike reports and in classifieds.

If it appears, it doesn't stay very long.

 

[TheDoctor]

I once had reason to ask this.
They're private. Mods can't see them.
I'd expect anything I said in a PM to remain private, but if it didn't I wouldn't be overly-bothered.

 

[Andrew_P]

you can see profile post (what's the point of these?) on peoples pages though are PM's different?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

What's the point of this thread, what's the actual problem?

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I treat information in a PM as confidential between the parties involved and would not disclose it to anyone else. I would hope that others did the same.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Then you discover that "conversations" have a Report button incase you or your recipient don't like something.

Then it's not private

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Then you discover that "conversations" have a Report button incase you or your recipient don't like something.

Then it's not private

That's fair enough as I can see its usefulness in the event that someone was threatening or bullying via PM.