AIM was all my IRL friends, I met a few people from IRC over my 15+ years on it but ICQ and IRC were "internet friends" to me. AIM was huge when I was in middle

AIM was all my IRL friends, I met a few people from IRC over my 15+ years on it but ICQ and IRC were "internet friends" to me. AIM was huge when I was in middle/hs in the late 90/2000s.