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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by spijdar on Friday January 22, 2021 @03:03PM (#25875666)
Just a heads up, at least several of those are supported to varying degrees. Looks like WhatsApp is supported through its web API, and slack and telegram's protocols are supported. Facebook messenger is no go, though.
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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by im_the_internet on Saturday January 23, 2021 @08:25AM (#25882027)
I'm currently using Pidgin for Facebook Messenger with https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/
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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by mqus on Friday January 22, 2021 @09:22PM (#25878940)
But facebook messenger at least used to work, I know I used it with pidgin before
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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by paulryanrogers on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:32PM (#25879681)
Facebook used to support XMPP. Which predates their separate Messanger app.
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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by rw_grim on Saturday January 23, 2021 @06:44PM (#25887248)
There's modern facebook support with https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/
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