upstream bug closed with the comment "This is by design. Loads of people wanted to be able to 'stick' contacts and we decided to use favorites for that as, atm, that's only the only real things favorites contacts are giving you."
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772169 Title: Favorite contacts always appear even when offline -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs