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MSN was (is?) pretty popular in Latin America. I had 0 "real life" friends on AIM. My few AIM buddies were people I met in games.
by felideon 15y ago
MSN was (is?) pretty popular in Latin America. I had 0 "real life" friends on AIM. My few AIM buddies were people I met in games.
- jdp23 15y agoIndeed. I don't know about today, but back in 2006 MSN was as popular as AIM and Yahoo! worldwide and particularly strong in certain areas -- there are some countries where it was even a verb ("I'll MSN you"). But then MS changed the name to "Windows Live Messenger", underinvested, and prioritized search instead. Ah well.
- grecy 15y agois. I was just all over Central and South America, and internet cafes were always full of high school kids, every single screen full of MSN chat windows.
- Fargren 15y agoIndeed, here in Argentina MSN is the default chat application.
- contextfree 15y agoMy understanding is that MSN was/is the most popular IM service most everywhere but the US (because of AIM?) and East Asia (where they have their own regionally popular services, like QQ in China).