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I wish people would stop bringing up how admins can read DMs on Masto. Yes, they technically can but 99.9% of them could not give a shit about what you're DMing to other users. Until Elon implements encrypted DMs, Twitter staff can read your DMs too.
The concept of learning a new set of rules (which are mostly just "don't be an asshole" and "don't be a Nazi") is a non-issue when your moderation team is actually made up of easily contactable people. If you don't like the rules, you can easily migrate your account elsewhere.
@Tempo @serenity Well, 'Twitter staff can read DMs' is a bit of an understatement.
"Private" direct messages can be read by any third party app to which you've given Twitter #OAuth permission.
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2227500/twitter--who-is-reading-your-dms--there-s-an-app-for-that---.html
#Privacy
The big difference is that when client apps, be it for Twitter or just a regular old e-mail client reads your content - it's working as intended.
If twitter staff does, they're not.
Assuming they're breaking user agreements etc.