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ahmadka is offline ahmadka
2010-05-31 , 19:55
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Hey all ... Well recently I added my Facebook chat login details into my N900, and suddenly my contact list expanded 10 fold .. !! All my Facebook friends got sucked into my N900 Contacts list ...

The thing is, a large quantity of my Facebook friends are those people whom I don't call/chat with that often, and so I would not want them to be added to my contacts list. But if I try to delete such contacts my my N900, I'm greeted with a warning that deleting them from N900 would also delete them from my facebook profile ..

Is it possible to delete a contact from my N900 but still keep them on Facebook ?
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HoustonKV is offline HoustonKV
2010-05-31 , 21:44
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as far as I am aware the only thing that you can do is enable / disable the account when you don't want to chat.

I have the exact same complaint...

you could also create new accounts with only your closet limited friends
 
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2010-05-31 , 21:52
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It is possible.

1) Disable the IM account in question
2) Delete the contact
3) Enable the IM account
4) Hit the "Thanks!" button below this link
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ahmadka is offline ahmadka
2010-06-01 , 05:21
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I just tried your method .. it isn't working for me ... When I disable my facebook IM account from the 'Accounts' section in the Dashboard Available menu, all my Facebook-only contacts disappear from the Contacts list ... hence I cannot delete them ... They re-appear when I re-enable my facebook IM account ..
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Fargus is offline Fargus
2010-06-01 , 06:01
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Originally Posted by ahmadka View Post
I just tried your method .. it isn't working for me ... When I disable my facebook IM account from the 'Accounts' section in the Dashboard Available menu, all my Facebook-only contacts disappear from the Contacts list ... hence I cannot delete them ... They re-appear when I re-enable my facebook IM account ..
The N900 is acting as facebook client whilst you are logged in. The contacts will only be added to your actual address book if you merge them with exisiting information or add some info that is stored locally. The display you see is a merge of all accounts and your address book at the time you ask for it.
 
techie is offline techie
2010-06-03 , 08:44
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Hi i posted a suggestion to facebook :

Contacts in hidden friend lists should not be displayed on mobile or desktop client

Client: N900 with integrated facebook chat in PR1.2 (ver. 10.2010.19.1)
Fishbowl

With reference to http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=14818 selecting a list to be offline also shows the contact within that list as offline on N900 (Perfectly as intended )

However ref to http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=14817 AND http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=16744

EXPECTED OUTCOME :
Contacts within that list should not be downloaded to N900's addressbook

ACTUAL OUTCOME :
They still do !

Extra Comments :
With users having 100+ friends populating a mobile's addressbook is not a good idea and an option should be available.If a list is marked as not to show in chat, as per your own faq no. 16744 the contacts within it should not be displayed, otherwise having lists is useless in this regard.
Please also note that if a contact is a member of more than one list and one of the list is marked not to show in chat, then that contact must NOT be shown regardless of status of other lists of which it is part of.

PS
If you are not interested or bothered about making changes just for a few thousand N900 owners then kindly also note that this behaviour affects all other mobile clients and desktop clients (tested fishbowl for Win 7) hence i concluded this is a problem (or a missing feature?) with facebook chat on your side and not our clients.

I look forward to an improved version of facebook chat which will enhance usage experience of millions of users.

Thank You
Maybe others should suggest FB too (strength in numbers?)
 
ahmadka is offline ahmadka
2010-06-03 , 08:52
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I have just noticed something ... if I delete a Facebook contact from my N900, its NOT deleted from my Facebook account .. That is, even though N900 warns that the contact would also be deleted from Facebook servers, it doesn't actually happen for me ..

Can everyone else try this too .. ?
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Gazzlam is offline Gazzlam
2010-06-03 , 09:11
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I have had it before where it doesn't delete from facebook, but last time I tried, it did.

My workaround is to just merge every random facebook friend into 1 or 2 fake contacts on the phone. Then you only have 2 extra people.
 
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2010-06-03 , 09:22
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Originally Posted by ahmadka View Post
I have just noticed something ... if I delete a Facebook contact from my N900, its NOT deleted from my Facebook account .. That is, even though N900 warns that the contact would also be deleted from Facebook servers, it doesn't actually happen for me ..

Can everyone else try this too .. ?
Yes it doesnt delete it from facebook,but the moment you go offline and online then BAM - it gets re-downloaded to the device.
If it only downloaded when i disabled then enabled the facebook account,then it would have been an acceptable solution.
But deleting every time i go online? not convenient..

My workaround is to just merge every random facebook friend into 1 or 2 fake contacts on the phone. Then you only have 2 extra people.
Yup tried that too, but when it shows that contact online its difficult to know who that really is since they are just account numbers
 
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