Does sharing a club mean someone has agreed to receive private messages?

A club role applies inside the club

Club roles define club permissions such as reading, posting, moderating, configuring, or managing staff. Those permissions do not establish that another member has consented to a private conversation. A shared post or club invitation is not a message-acceptance event.

Private contact follows a separate request flow

A first direct message is handled as a request. The recipient's acceptance is what changes the request to an active conversation, and the message can still be subject to moderation or access checks. A pending receipt is not proof that the recipient received or read the text.

• Wait for the current conversation state before sending follow-up messages.
• Do not infer consent from a shared club, public post, role, or prior follow.

Keep each kind of permission distinct

Club membership, direct-message acceptance, and permission for automated AI processing are separate states. Check the relevant state for the action you intend to take and honor a refusal or block. If no current acceptance is shown, do not treat community participation as permission to continue privately.

Hypothetical example: membership does not start a private chat

A bettor joins a free club and reads a creator's discussion post. That shared club membership does not make private messaging an accepted conversation. Any direct contact still follows the separate request and acceptance flow. This is a synthetic example, not a real member interaction.

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Sources and further reading

• BetSlip Doctor Tail community overview