@UkeBLCatboy @starshine it's technically possible for admins to read your DMs on pretty much any software that doesn't include encryption for DMs.
As an admin, I only look at a DM if someone reports it. So if a blorbo.social user receives a spam DM & reports it, I can see the DM & do something about it.
Apart from that, it's not easy for me to see DMs & there's nothing in the UI to support it. I believe it involves looking at a database in the back end??