i also thought that it would be nice to communicate with gnu-net-up-downloaders. some days ago i watched s.o. who tried to dl some rare punk/hc files from my comp, but i had to kick him/her because i had to do other things in the i-net. i could have told him/her to try it again in the following night!!
an IM with the option to block/bann the idiots would be nice.