Private messages here
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
Holiday, Florida
25 responses
@onevoicemia (67)
• United States
10 Mar 12
I couldn't agree with you more. I may be new here to MyLot, but I also agree that if you need to tag a private message then more then likely that private message is anything BUT private.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
10 Mar 12
The tags are for our own use to find PMs later using the myLot search. We cannot access the PMs of others in the same way that they can see ours.
Log out and see if you are able to read yours.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
ok mysdian, guess you've answered it. now how do i finish answering all these reply? i may take a break from this discussion again as suddenly admin is saying cant post comment even though nothings in it?
@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Mar 12
It is so we can find the one we are looking for I would think. And don't they have access to everything?
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Mar 12
hi celticeagle I think in an emergency the admins can access all its data bases even private messages.I do not think though that they would do this except in some emergency settings maybe if someone received an insulting email that the receiver could tell mylot admins and they would do something about it.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Mar 12
Yes, this is what I was getting at.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
thats another possibility i havent thought of. but in emergency, police could check your whole pc. 
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
10 Mar 12
I may be wrong but I think it's so that you can save it and find it later? But how to find it later, I haven't a clue but to go page by page till you do find it. I've always skipped over that part and continued till it shows it was sent. Like FB, mylot can be a wee bit confusing at times.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
10 Mar 12
We can use the myLot search to find PMs at a later date, if we remember the tag that we used.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
11 Mar 12
Ahhhh, didn't know that and yeah, depending on how long ago and if our memory serves us right, we'll be able to find it. Thanks for the info! 
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
see i was right. perhaps others can search and see supposedly private. anyway, i sure cant remember all my tags. 
@sirnose (2436)
• United States
10 Mar 12
There is nothing private about Private messages
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. Every action you do or take when you are on the internet is recorded in some place or form. There is no such thing as privacy when using a computer.
I prefer personal email when conducting business with someone over the internet, especially on social networks or discussion forums because at least you know that there wont be to many eyes reading your messages. ...
.... Every action you do or take when you are on the internet is recorded in some place or form. There is no such thing as privacy when using a computer.
I prefer personal email when conducting business with someone over the internet, especially on social networks or discussion forums because at least you know that there wont be to many eyes reading your messages. ...2 people like this
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
10 Mar 12
They're not private in that the admins can access them if they want, they can access anything. But I think the tagging is probably a matter of convenience in writing the program code. Everything has the "tag" button only because it would be an extra step, or maybe just a pain in the tush, to leave it off one feature.
But I could be wrong.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
10 Mar 12
MyLot have given us the option of tagging them so that we can then find them later using the myLot search, if we remember the tag.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
you would have to have an exceptional memory to remember all these tags. i have hundreds of different ones by now
@jkct02 (2874)
• Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
12 Mar 12
It doesn't matter if you could remember those tags. When you want to find something, you just put in the relevant words to search. If you did put your tags correctly reflecting the contents of you private message, you will get what you search for.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
trouble with me is, i cant remember from one to the next what i lasted tagged on a message must be getting dementia. 
@I_LUV_U (2519)
• India
11 Mar 12
I think if you exchange a lot of private messages and one day have to filter out some stuffs in the pile, then searching with relevant tags helps you pick them out, rather than scanning the entire collection which may be time consuming. So, they do serve a purpose, after all.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
i dont know. ive never searched my pm's here. only other things. 
didnt sound right, my first sentence there huh? @mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
10 Mar 12
Please read this topic and admin's response at #17
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2536016.aspx?p=1
and throughout the discussion.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
oh my, i didnt even realise its been approached before. i may even have replied. cant remember. not going through it all either cause i have enough to reply to here already. so sorry. 
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Mar 12
hibunnybpn I am not sure as I read you cannot say certain things in private messages so how does that work. are our messages scanned by software for foul language and things that break mylot rules and is this scanning then checked by the admins .how can it be private if it can be read by admins?I have more questions but no answers
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
me to. but it seems some pretty well know whats up. but me im always out of the loop. must mean im loopy
@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
10 Mar 12
I have no idea about this. I was also wondering about the tagging of the private messages. I wonder if maybe it is for our own references.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
its what most are saying here. but how do you remember what its tagged.1 person likes this
@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
12 Mar 12
I'm not sure. I know if I don't clean out my cookies or my history on my browser the tags remain and pop up when I start typing something. But, if I clean them out, they all start over from scratch.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
10 Mar 12
I don't tag them. I just go through the skip process so my message will get to the person. I also don't believe our private messages are private. Mylot admins probably have access to monitor what we write in pm messages.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
yes most discussion forum likely do. so i just give my email to some. as you know1 person likes this
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
11 Mar 12
That is a wiser thing to do. Imagine if someone admitted something on PM that was illegal.. I bet the cops would be knocking at their door in just a few minutes!
@god_is_good (683)
• Philippines
11 Mar 12
This is not a direct answer to your discussion but I am just happy to know the reason/s why we need to tag private messages. I am happy to know that there are concerned mylot members who knows the exact answer to important questions just like yours. As of this response, I am just knew so I took time to read those wonderful responses and the good thing is that I'm learning new things here as I read and participate in them. This is a wonderful topic especially to those new members like me. Thank you for asking this question that helps everyone in understanding the use of the "tag" in private messages.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
thank you. until i read this, i was begining to think this discussion was a mistake. but you made me feel its worthy now. Hatley is also another great person for getting out good messages for newbies. altho she does go about it a little differently. @bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
btw, this is the first time since ive been here, ive ever put best response so soon. you will make a great mylotter, i bet.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
27 Apr 12
i wondered about that myself.
i just don't tag it.it could probably still be found,but it's much harder.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
27 Apr 12
yes but i just go ahead and give them my email so we can really talk. plus its been said here that its how this program works and they havent figured how to take out that feature, 
@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
3 May 12
Mylot does not show your private tags to anyone, but it helps you find your own messages.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Mar 12
im not worried about it. i was just very curious about it. i dont talk about anything there i worry about. only give my email address to some so we can really talk private. 1 person likes this
@MissPiggy (1748)
• Indonesia
11 Mar 12
You can skip the tagging. I didn't tag anything when I sent a private message and it was alright. :)
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
11 Mar 12
It will be alright even if you do tag them as no-one can see your PMs. Indeed you cannot see them yourself if you are logged out. Try it
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
thanks you are both right. do i seem angry? stine said i do. im not. 
just had a question in mind and thought this was a good way to ask. @vimal1990 (116)
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11 Mar 12
ya i too having the same doubt... but we have to trust them.. but dono why they saying to tag and all.. so its better to avoid sending private message because i think it is not as secure as i think...
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
11 Mar 12
If you had taken the time to read the previous responses then you would know that the tags are for us, and allow us to organise our PMs for future reference if we need to find them later.
No-one can read your PMs. You cannot see them yourself if you are logged out of your account.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Mar 12
good response diane. sorry i made you distrust vimal. i need to watch that in the future i guess. @arunr175 (1678)
• India
24 Apr 12
I haven't send any private messages so far but I also agree with you that why is it necessary to tag private messages when any mylot user is sending to another mylot user and it stays between them.
Maybe is for searching as there is option for searching in messages ...
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
24 Apr 12
im still not quite sure but some said it was because when they set up the program they was unable to remove that option. something like that