• Using Twitter with Pidgin

    by  • April 30, 2009 • Messaging, Tips • 2 Comments

    The eco-system around Pidgin is fantastic, below is yet another cool plug-in tip for it.

    Pidgin-Twitter plug-in works with Linux and Windows for you to get back into posting to and receiving notes from Twitter (also works well with Identi.ca too!). Steps to get it working:

    1. download and install the plug-in the plug-in;
    2. go to Pidgin menu under Tools > Plug-ins you’ll find Pidgin-Twitter to activate and configure;
    3. place your username / password and define a couple of other options (such as show users’ avatars)
    4. Add a buddy to your GTalk account called twitter@twitter.com and choose to display it even when it is offline.

    You’re good to go! Open the chat window for the buddy you just created and instantly it’ll display your messages.

     

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    2 Responses to Using Twitter with Pidgin

    1. James HeelNo Gravatar
      December 5, 2010 at 11:56 am

      Thanks for the informative post!

      I will download & install the plugin ASAP

      Thanks again

    2. BucheteNo Gravatar
      February 25, 2012 at 4:20 pm

      I find it hard to follow all tweets and updates from twitter. I’ll try this plugin, i hope it helps.

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