I'm using pidgin on Linux BTW.
nobody cares that you are using linux you can stop telling everyone about it
pidgin and other third party clients have a tendency to just not show a bunch of your friendsit doesnt mean they were removed though
A couple months ago my tablet was glitching out big time and the same happenedIt left only 1 friend on
She was the chosen one.
why not just use the steam linux client?