# Watched Words and Personal/Private Messages

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-and-personal-private-messages/75039>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Novembro 29, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-and-personal-private-messages/75039 "2017-11-29T20:33:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![RobMeade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/robmeade/32/109119_2.png) [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\
**Post date:** [Novembro 29, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-and-personal-private-messages/75039/1 "2017-11-29T20:33:53Z")

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Hi,

I just wanted to ask whether it was already known that when using the _Watched Words_ functionality, Discourse flags PMs?

I do have Admin access, but I don’t think ordinarily I would see messages sent to another user, but if it is flagged because of a watched word, I can then click on the link to view the PM.

I wasn’t sure whether to suggest this was a bug until I had at least asked the question above.

In one sense, I would prefer to be able to action the watched words in any of the topics/posts/messages, but in the other hand, I don’t feel that I should be able to see a PM addressed to someone else, in this case, another member of the team.

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