Update: Contacting the moderation team
It is now possible for any user to send a private message directly to the Moderators group. This gives everyone a private way to report forum issues, ask for moderator assistance, or discuss anything that shouldn’t be posted publicly.
To do so, go to My messages and click New Message, then select Moderators as the recipient. Alternatively, you can click the “moderators” link in the notification in message composer (it will pre-fill the recipient for you).
The mutual permission system for private messages between individual users remains unchanged. The new option simply provides a dedicated way to contact the moderation team when needed.
As always, if your question or suggestion isn’t private, we encourage you to post it in the Meta/Site Feedback category instead, so others can join the discussion and benefit from it as well.