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Facebook chat coming soon, privacy controls launch today
The company also confirmed plans to launch a web-based instant messenger service that will let you communicate with other Facebook members in real-time. TechCrunch has the video you can see above showing how Facebook Chat could work. But the application is still in development and there could be some changes before it's officially launched in a few weeks.
As IM clients go, Facebook Chat doesn't look that impressive. You'll only be able to communicate with other Facebook users, not AIM, MSN, and Yahoo! Messenger users. But Jabber support could be added in the future, which would let you access Facebook Chat with third party software like Trillian, Pidgin, or Adium.
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Subscribe to commentsDJMar 20th 2008 11:54PM
The privacy controls are messed up. I tried to make a list just for work friends, and restrict it to just see 'professional' type content. However you can't set permissions for an empty friends list. Yet I don't have any work friends to add to the list because I don't want to invite them until I have locked down the list. It's a catch 22!
Jason SilverApr 23rd 2008 2:21PM
So add a fake user or your wife to the work list temporarily.