Hello, If you want to get an answer from your roster, not from stranger/public, maybe the question or answer would be a little private. We can list many which should not be public, or meaningless for public. For example: "Anybody can lend me 1000$? I will refund in one week" "What is Kevin's new phone number?" "Anybody is free tonight? There is a party in my home"
In addition, if you directly send a message to your roster, the intention would be a little strong. They may have an uneasy feeling if not replying your message. Cheers, Qian > Kevin Smith wrote: >> On Jan 22, 2008 3:56 AM, XMPP Extensions Editor <editor at xmpp.org> wrote: >>> Abstract: This specification defines an XMPP protocol extension that >>> enables a user to broadcast a question or request to other interested >>> parties. >> >> Perhaps someone could talk me through this one, please? The >> pep/message mix seems a bit peculiar to me, particularly as it seems >> to miss out on the usual 'bleg' benefit of seeing others' replies etc. >> It seems at the moment as if one might just as well send a message to >> their roster, and wait for a reply. > Do you really want to send a message to everyone in your roster? What if > they aren't interested in your blegs? PEP enables us to filter. Now, > whether the answers should be public is another matter. That is the > usual custom on blogs (if people provide an answer in the comments), but > people *could* poke a blogger privately via email or IM instead of in > the comments. > /me ponders > Peter
