# app.askeverything.ama.question

> Published by [askeverything.app](https://lexicon.garden/identity/did:plc:g7d3ia2ctyxputd3pjuccp2t)

✓ This is the authoritative definition for this NSID.

## Links

- [View on Lexicon Garden](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:g7d3ia2ctyxputd3pjuccp2t/app.askeverything.ama.question)
- [Documentation](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:g7d3ia2ctyxputd3pjuccp2t/app.askeverything.ama.question/docs)
- [Examples](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:g7d3ia2ctyxputd3pjuccp2t/app.askeverything.ama.question/examples)

## Definitions

### `app.askeverything.ama.question`

**Type**: `record`

A signed question directed at a specific account (ask-me-anything style). Not pooled. This is public speech by the asker, equivalent in visibility and accountability to a mention: it is publicly readable from the moment it is created, whether or not the recipient ever answers. There are no anonymous directed questions. The recipient is never obligated to answer; nothing appears in the recipient's repo unless they choose to respond, and AppViews should only route asks to recipients who have asks enabled and have not blocked the asker.

**Key**: `tid`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `lang` | `string` (language) | No | Language of the question text. |
| `text` | `string` | Yes | The question text. If answered, the recipient's answer embeds a snapshot of this text; attribution of the asker is resolved live from the answer's reference, so deleting this record degrades attribution to '[deleted]' without hollowing out the answer. |
| `subject` | `string` (did) | Yes | The DID of the account this question is directed at. |
| `createdAt` | `string` (datetime) | Yes |  |

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "id": "app.askeverything.ama.question",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "key": "tid",
      "type": "record",
      "record": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "subject",
          "text",
          "createdAt"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "lang": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "language",
            "description": "Language of the question text."
          },
          "text": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 5000,
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "The question text. If answered, the recipient's answer embeds a snapshot of this text; attribution of the asker is resolved live from the answer's reference, so deleting this record degrades attribution to '[deleted]' without hollowing out the answer.",
            "maxGraphemes": 500
          },
          "subject": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "did",
            "description": "The DID of the account this question is directed at."
          },
          "createdAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "A signed question directed at a specific account (ask-me-anything style). Not pooled. This is public speech by the asker, equivalent in visibility and accountability to a mention: it is publicly readable from the moment it is created, whether or not the recipient ever answers. There are no anonymous directed questions. The recipient is never obligated to answer; nothing appears in the recipient's repo unless they choose to respond, and AppViews should only route asks to recipients who have asks enabled and have not blocked the asker."
    }
  },
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "lexicon": 1
}
```