The reason that the threads have been deleted were because that news article was posted and it contains Delphy's real full name.  I think you're fine so long as we don't get to that again

You would not have access to read PMs, Discord

There are a couple ways to do it...You can pull up a PM off the database, so only thoes with database access can do it this way.  It is also possible to alter and delete them, though I have never done this.

Also, on VB (The software that both my site and MTS2 and S2C uses, there is a plug in available that makes PMs easily readable in the admin CP to anyone who has an admin account.  I know we like to think that we have our privacy, but privacy on the net really doesn't exist.

My feelings on the matter?  I don't believe it is an admins or moderators privilege to read through members private messages at will. although I understand why the capability can be useful because there have been times when, as a staff member, users have come to me with a complaint about PM harassment.  At this time I do think it is justified to look at the offending message or messages to help decide what action should be taken.

As for your first comment:  I had the same experience as a staff member...I heard people talk about it and I would have the same response...I knew it was *possible* to read PMs on a VB forum how ever if anyone had made any accusations of it (Which neear the end of my time on staff, some of my friends *did* make accusations of vanishing PMs and   privacy in their PMs being invaded)...I would and did say that although I knew it was possible I'd never heard anything of it...Members PMs were not discussed in staff areas, and no staff member ever admitted to having read any PM-at least in my presence.

Then, a few months after I left the site for good I got myself a new e-mail address.  I occasionally checked my mail at my old address and on two separate occasions I received e-mail notifications of PMs at MTS2...the first time I signed in and saw that there was no new PM, and one of the old PMs I thought was still there was gone (However I'd not signed in for a while so I cannot be certain of this) the second time there was no new PM just like the last time.  I've now signed out for good...and it has been months since my last e-mail notification-but my account has been inactive for some time so I am not at all suprised.

And as for you DiscordKitty...I have friends who are still active at S2C and from what I hear you're a good moderator.  Shame I never got to know you

So it's "tottally untrue" because it's never happened to you, although it has happened to others?  mmhhmm

I have gotten PM notification e-mails from MTS2...and then...no PM.  I am banned from S2C but not MTS2...but now I have stopped signing in.  Why was I banned?  I could tell you if they told me.  Oh, and it's entirely (easily) possible to read PMs on a forum on VB software...my forum runs off it too.

I am so laughing at that second post...

Illegal?  So it is illegal for EA to have a download of an item on their site which they own the copyright of?...um...yeah...

And to the girl in the second post (As this is how it usually works)  I suppose her way of making herself feel better about downloading these items is by riding around on a moral high horse and bitching at everyone else for it?

Glad someone finally spelled it out for them

Now apparently InSim is also censored:

http://www.forums.sims2community.com/showthread.php?t=28548

Type in the web addy at S2C and all you get is a bunch of astericks

Filesharing has been around since the days of the original sims 1 as well.  EA has never done a thing about it, so shall we assume they condone it?

Delphy did his own...it's been edited 5 times.  Lyric's was done by someone else.  (Superfly)

No, it's because it's a private site, and Delphy's word is law...So if according to Delphy, these things are Intellectual Property, than they are.



As a former staff member over there, I can argue that *cough*

Though on the forums themselves...he appears more honorable.

Why do Lyric and Delphy get their own pages but daysies doesn't?  She's an admin too.

The same reason he thinks Lyric lives in Holland?

That's not it at all...We buy our clothes, we buy our food, we bought the computers we're on right now, and the very expensive games and expansions...

We just don't think that paysite owners have a legal right to charge for something that EA legally owns.

You don't have the same IP address as LyricLee...also, LyricLee lives the USA...

As far as the banning?  Many members of this site have been banned simply for *mentioning* this site elsewhere, or for having accounts here.

I copy-paste them into a new tab.  No referrals