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KIMSNG-130430: Why aren't my Facebook friends showing online in Yahoo! Messenger?

Description: This addresses an issue where customers are reporting that they are not able to all or some of their Facebook friends online in Yahoo! Messenger.

Current Status: Our engineers are actively investigating this issue and working to provide a resolution as quickly as possible.

Workaround: Please try un-linking and re-linking your Facebook and Yahoo! Accounts with the steps below:

http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN...

After you have re-linked Yahoo! Messenger and Facebook and you're still unable to see all or some of your Facebook friends online, please follow the steps in the article below:

http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN...

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    check your account settings.

    Source(s): experience in general use
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    They're hiding.

  • 8 years ago

    none of this works

    Source(s): from yahoo help
  • 8 years ago

    Why you post question with serial number (KIMSNG-XXXXXX) ?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    just google it :)

    Source(s): helps?
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