# 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:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [Novembro 29, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-and-personal-private-messages/75039/2 "2017-11-29T22:20:27Z")

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> [@RobMeade](#):
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> 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.

Admins can always read PMs. Staff can read PMs that are flagged. It has been this way since the beginning of the project, and there are existing topics on it, but that won’t be changing anytime soon.

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