I'm ignorant to what XMPP is (aside from it being an XML-based messaging protocol). Could you enlighten me as to why this is a terrible idea? To someone like m

I'm ignorant to what XMPP is (aside from it being an XML-based messaging protocol). Could you enlighten me as to why this is a terrible idea? To someone like me of minimal intelligence and experience, it seems to be a reasonable (and kind of clever) choice. Thanks in advance.