The other day I launched Adium and noticed a significant decrease of friends. I noticed that although my Facebook friends were online at www.facebook.com, they were not showing up in my list. A quick check showed that yes, my Facebook account was connected in Adium, but nothing was showing up.

Well, here’s the fix for your Facebook Friends not showing up in Adium, Pidgin, or iChat.

You need to create a new Jabber account in your IM software. Then configure with the following:

iChat

1. Go to the iChat menu and select “Preferences.”
2. From the “Accounts” tab, click the “+” and select the following settings:
   • Account Type: Jabber
   • Account Name: your Facebook username@chat.facebook.com
   • Password: your Facebook password
3. Click down to server options and select the following settings:
   • Server: chat.facebook.com
   • Port: 5222
   • Uncheck “Use SSL”

Adium

1. Go to the Adium menu and select “Preferences.”
2. From the “Accounts” tab, click the “+” and select “Jabber” from the drop-down menu. Fill in the following information:
   • Jabber ID: your Facebook username@chat.facebook.com
   • Password: your Facebook password

Pigdin

1. Go to “Accounts” and select “Manage Account.”
2. Create a new account with the following settings:

   Under Basic:
   Protocol: XMPP
   Username: your Facebook username
   Domain: “chat.facebook.com”
   Resource: “pidgin”
   Password: your facebook password
   Local alias: “Facebook Chat”

   Under Advanced:
   Uncheck Require SSL/TLS
   Connect port: 5222
   Connect server: chat.facebook.com

Now you’re all set, back to chatting.