1. A method for selecting a recipient for a query from a party within a social network, comprising: receiving a response constraint from a first party of a social network; receiving a query containing a query constraint from a second party of the social network; selecting a subset of parties of the social network that satisfy the query constraint; excluding the first party in the subset based upon the response constraint not being satisfied by the query; and managing communication between the second party and at least one third party of the selected subset.