How to stay offline with the new facebook messaging system?

Question: Is there a way to leave facebook chat as offline by default?

Answer: You can set your friends group to offline, and it will remember it. Just set them all to offline.

How to do that?

• Go to friends your friends list, http://www.facebook.com/friends/edit/ then Create Lists (group) of friends.

• On the lower right of your screen click on the setting icon, then click Limit Availability.

• Then Select / Deselect on group per your choices whom to make unavailable and only to make available.