最佳答案
What's the difference between io.sockets.emit and socket.broadcast.emit? Is it only that broadcast emits to everyone BUT the socket that sends it?
It seems like they can be used interchangeably:
io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
//these should do the same thing
io.sockets.emit('this', { receivers: 'everyone'});
socket.broadcast.emit('this', { receivers: 'everyone but socket'}); //emits to everyone but socket
socket.emit('this', { receivers: 'socket'}); //emits to socket
});