[Pidgin] #15815: Facebook XMPP shows "has come online" notifications for online people

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#15815: Facebook XMPP shows "has come online" notifications for online people
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 Reporter:  computergeoffrey@…           |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                  |      Status:  new
Milestone:                               |   Component:  Facebook
  Version:  2.10.7                       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  notifications facebook xmpp  |
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Old description:

> When you have a lot of online friends in your list (let's say 20) it is
> very disturbing to see so many people coming online. Facebook XMPP needs
> to check if a user is online before displaying notifications - now it
> displays notifications for people who were already online - which is
> weird! I suspect it has something to do with how Pidgin handles XMPP
> Facebook traffic - don't trust what they say (I mean, the XMPP traffic)
> about online people, but instead look in the list if they WERE already
> online and then decide whether to show a notification for that particular
> user.
>
> Sorry if you don't understand what I mean. I've attached a screenshot for
> cleariness.

New description:

 When you have a lot of online friends in your list (let's say 20) it is
 very disturbing to see so many people coming online. Facebook XMPP needs
 to check if a user is online before displaying notifications - now it
 displays notifications for people who were already online - which is
 weird! I suspect it has something to do with how Pidgin handles XMPP
 Facebook traffic - don't trust what they say (I mean, the XMPP traffic)
 about online people, but instead look in the list if they WERE already
 online and then decide whether to show a notification for that particular
 user.

 Sorry if you don't understand what I mean. I've attached a screenshot for
 cleariness.

 Edit: By the way, this can also be caused by an unstable internet
 connection. But it doesn't matter, the user always thought they were
 online. Instead, a message "you are offline" could be showed to the user.

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Comment (by computergeoffrey@…):

 Replying to [ticket:15815 computergeoffrey@…]:
 > When you have a lot of online friends in your list (let's say 20) it is
 very disturbing to see so many people coming online. Facebook XMPP needs
 to check if a user is online before displaying notifications - now it
 displays notifications for people who were already online - which is
 weird! I suspect it has something to do with how Pidgin handles XMPP
 Facebook traffic - don't trust what they say (I mean, the XMPP traffic)
 about online people, but instead look in the list if they WERE already
 online and then decide whether to show a notification for that particular
 user.
 >
 > Sorry if you don't understand what I mean. I've attached a screenshot
 for cleariness.

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