Re: Removing "to", "bcc", and "bto"

Useful info, thank you. My question then becomes: can we simplify by using
"cc"/"bcc" only for the direct messaging case and eliminate the explicit
indirect messaging ("secondary" audience). That secondary audience is still
there, of course, but implementations would rely on heuristics or out of
band information (such as followers, social graph relationships, etc). Note
that we can use the Mention object in the "tag" property to serve the
purpose of inline mentions.
On Apr 28, 2015 6:18 AM, "Evan Prodromou" <evan@e14n.com> wrote:

> For pump.io, we use "to" for things like direct messages, or
> notifications of events that relate directly to you (e.g., someone liking
> one of your posts or replying to one of your posts).
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> James suggested using mentions for this; I think it's less useful. Not all
> payloads that are directed at someone also mention that person. In Facebook
> and Twitter, e.g., you can send direct private messages without mentioning
> the addressee.
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> "bcc" is used less often, although I seem to remember at least one case
> where it's generated automatically. "bto", to my recollection, is unused.
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> -Evan
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