@NeverBeenTimid From lichess' discord server:
[1:47 PM] oned: Can moderators read user's PM's?
[1:48 PM] Unihedron: In terms of whether the feature / power exists: Yes. However, we don't use it unless it's necessary. I also won't pry on this decision.
[1:48 PM] lovlas:
lichess.org/privacy[2:02 PM] oned: "Additionally, users will be reported to the moderators if the system’s “shutup” script auto-report a user for using blacklisted words. Here is the “shutup” script’s dictionary and here is its source.
In both cases, the nine most recent reported user’s inbox messages and private in-game chats will be visible to the moderators. "
So if I say "I keep a pop tart in my fanny pack" in a PM you can/will(?) read my last 9 messages (or message threads)? 2 blacklisted words in that sentence
[2:04 PM] Unihedron: If you're a mod and you read someone saying "I keep a pop tart in my fanny pack" will you hit ban?
[2:04 PM] oned: Of course not, but you're saying you would read that?
[2:05 PM] Unihedron: That's what the terms have always said, didn't you have to agree to it to sign up?
[2:05 PM] Unihedron: :p
[2:06 PM] oned: I guess we have vastly different definitions of "necessary"
[2:07 PM] Unihedron: I don't imagine it will be any more effective to not show not-blacklisted messages, because it makes it possible for users to purposefully dodge the blacklist and when we get a non-automatic (manual) report, we need the information to make informed decisions.