I'm also seeing this with a fresh upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04, using Empathy, not Pidgin. So I'd say it's a bug in the indicator applet regardless of IM client, and one in the core functionality of what the applet's supposed to do.
I'm also seeing this with a fresh upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04, using Empathy, not Pidgin. So I'd say it's a bug in the indicator applet regardless of IM client, and one in the core functionality of what the applet's supposed to do.