I propose that this would entirely change the nature of IM. If not only could I see you online on the contacts list, but see who of your contacts were also online, and perhaps also if a conversation is being engaged in right now. I don't think it'd be required to know what you're saying, but the simple act of knowing who your friends friends are will, I suspect, fundamentally alter the way we use IM.
-- Ian Tindale, Jan 09 2008

you could probably implement this in jabber via publish-subscribe - currently you can, for example, publish your mood or the music playing right.
-- erlehmann, Jan 09 2008


Your <get "fictitious relationship">, H1llary Cl1nt0n is *online*
-----His friends are:
----------EllenDeg114 *online*
----------BBhutto966 *offline*
----------KDLiang *online*
----------BOMbama *online*
----------WilliRclinton446 *blocked*
----------Oil_oligarchs.net *online*

Hillarity ensues.
-- 4whom, Jan 09 2008


//why can't I see your contacts (that are online)//

You nosey parker.
-- Jinbish, Jan 09 2008



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