I&#x27;m not mixing anything up. I&#x27;m saying that many people prefer it (and actually I do too).<p>Saying that they are <i>completely unrelated issues</i> appears to ignore a minor detail called implementation(!?)<p>Almost every mainstream IM client requires you to sign out of one account and into another if you want to maintain separate accounts. That means that if you actually want to use them (ie, get instant messages <i>instantly</i>) you need to be signed into all your accounts at once.