[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44374: Remove deprecated contact methods

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#44374: Remove deprecated contact methods
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 Reporter:  butterflymedia  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Users           |    Version:  4.9.6
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  needs-patch
  Focuses:                  |
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 AIM is dead (December 15, 2017), Yahoo Messenger will be shut down on July
 17, 2018. I'm not sure about Google Talk, I think it's been retired a long
 time ago. In May 2013, Hangouts replaced Google Talk.

 The way people are managing the contact methods nowadays is:

 {{{#!php
 <?php
 function cinnamon_extra_contact_info($contactmethods) {
     // Remove default contact methods
     unset($contactmethods['aim']);
     unset($contactmethods['yim']);
     unset($contactmethods['jabber']);

     // Add extra contact methods
     $contactmethods['facebook'] = 'Facebook';
     $contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter';
     $contactmethods['googleplus'] = 'Google+';

     return $contactmethods;
 }

 add_filter('user_contactmethods', 'cinnamon_extra_contact_info');
 }}}


 All three of them need to be removed.

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