Facebook chat no longer stays in "group"

[Dave Warren]

Facebook changed "something" and they're no longer pushing groups 
(Facebook lists) to the XMPP client. *sigh* Most annoying, but nothing 
pidgin can do about it.

On 12/12/2011 4:42 PM, Fannie Gunton wrote:
>
> Even though it only just started happening?  It's been solid for at 
> least 9 months.
>
> *From:*David Coulson [mailto:david at davidcoulson.net 
> <mailto:david at davidcoulson.net>]
> *Sent:* Monday, December 12, 2011 5:41 PM
> *To:* Fannie Gunton
> *Cc:* support at pidgin.im <mailto:support at pidgin.im>
> *Subject:* Re: Facebook chat no longer stays in "group"
>
> Facebook via XMPP does this with other clients too. It's nothing the 
> client can influence.
>
> On Dec 12, 2011, at 6:28 PM, Fannie Gunton wrote:
>
>
>
> I've been using Pidgin to corral all of my chats into one interface 
> for the last 9 months.  I have general categories (family, work, etc.) 
> that I sort from all of my chat clients (facebook, AIM, etc.) into.
>
> Within the last 2 weeks, I've noticed that my facebook chat friends 
> are no longer sorting.  There's a new group called "Facebook Friends" 
> that they are all in.  If I manually resort into my other groups, the 
> next time I log in, they are back in the "Facebook Friends" group.
>
> Is there any way to make them stay sorted?  It's a big enough issue, 
> that I may have to switch to another chat client.
>
> Thank you!
>
> -Fannie Gunton
>
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