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Good for those nostalgics like me. My experience with something similar was Escargot, a similar project but for MSN Messenger[1]: I created a new account (old

by 101008 4y ago

Good for those nostalgics like me. My experience with something similar was Escargot, a similar project but for MSN Messenger[1]: I created a new account (old accounts do not work), I made my friends to do the same and we used it for a few hours (sharing emoticons, nudges, etc) but then the novely went away. Software alone cannot capture/reproduce the old days, unfortunately. [1]https://escargot.chat/ https://escargot.chat/

jbay808 4y ago
MSN Messenger was the best chat software I ever used. Its abandonment was a huge loss. Thanks for sharing!
- Bilal_io 4y ago
  https://youtu.be/nqGJUKaaLU4 https://youtu.be/nqGJUKaaLU4
frostwarrior 4y ago
That's the thing about nostalgia. We don't miss a thing by itself, but the whole context in that given time. I don't miss Windows 98. I miss being a child using that, browsing the old internet, the old terrible "web design" and having my friends on the same page
- q-big 4y ago
  > I don't miss Windows 98. I miss being a child using that, browsing the old internet, the old terrible "web design" and having my friends on the same page I do miss it - having a Windows 98 (or Windows 95) VM is so useful for running some old beloved games.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
  You can never really go home.
  - frostwarrior 4y ago
    As adults, we have the goal of finding a new place to call home. Growing up doesn't have to mean feeling lost or renouncing to be in a warm and nurturing place. The only difference is that I'm not a child anymore.
    - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
      If you had a fixed home during your formative years, that is a special place which no longer exists except in your imagination. Even if you physically visit, one or more of several things are drastically different. Change is always happening.
  - replwoacause 4y ago
    Not until you go to seek your great perhaps.
  - Smoosh 4y ago
    you cannot step into the same river twice.
accrual 4y ago
For those interested in doing something similar but with AIM (the messaging client bundled alongside AOL): 1. "Phoenix" a closed-source server reimplementation: http://iwarg.ddns.net/phoenix/index.php http://iwarg.ddns.net/phoenix/index.php 2. AIM OSCAR protocol project in TypeScript, incomplete but partially working: https://github.com/DrewML/aim-server https://github.com/DrewML/aim-server
prpl 4y ago
After AOL chat waned, MSN Chat was really fun too 2003-2005?. I spent a ton of time on the local chat and I really missed it when it left. I know AOL had that but it was before the great ISP unbundling and was mostly gone by 2002 IIRC. I never found a broad audience on IRC. Reddit is close to a successor but came much later. Craigslist personals was a good way to connect to people and of course that’s gone too. We lost a lot of communities. Instagram, Facebook, dating apps, and just about every other social network evolved while never capturing the original excitement, IMO.

by 101008 4y ago

jbay808 4y ago

MSN Messenger was the best chat software I ever used. Its abandonment was a huge loss. Thanks for sharing!

Bilal_io 4y ago
https://youtu.be/nqGJUKaaLU4 https://youtu.be/nqGJUKaaLU4

frostwarrior 4y ago

That's the thing about nostalgia. We don't miss a thing by itself, but the whole context in that given time. I don't miss Windows 98. I miss being a child using that, browsing the old internet, the old terrible "web design" and having my friends on the same page

q-big 4y ago
> I don't miss Windows 98. I miss being a child using that, browsing the old internet, the old terrible "web design" and having my friends on the same page I do miss it - having a Windows 98 (or Windows 95) VM is so useful for running some old beloved games.
TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
You can never really go home.
- frostwarrior 4y ago
  As adults, we have the goal of finding a new place to call home. Growing up doesn't have to mean feeling lost or renouncing to be in a warm and nurturing place. The only difference is that I'm not a child anymore.
  - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
    If you had a fixed home during your formative years, that is a special place which no longer exists except in your imagination. Even if you physically visit, one or more of several things are drastically different. Change is always happening.
- replwoacause 4y ago
  Not until you go to seek your great perhaps.
- Smoosh 4y ago
  you cannot step into the same river twice.

accrual 4y ago

For those interested in doing something similar but with AIM (the messaging client bundled alongside AOL): 1. "Phoenix" a closed-source server reimplementation: http://iwarg.ddns.net/phoenix/index.php http://iwarg.ddns.net/phoenix/index.php 2. AIM OSCAR protocol project in TypeScript, incomplete but partially working: https://github.com/DrewML/aim-server https://github.com/DrewML/aim-server

prpl 4y ago

After AOL chat waned, MSN Chat was really fun too 2003-2005?. I spent a ton of time on the local chat and I really missed it when it left. I know AOL had that but it was before the great ISP unbundling and was mostly gone by 2002 IIRC. I never found a broad audience on IRC. Reddit is close to a successor but came much later. Craigslist personals was a good way to connect to people and of course that’s gone too. We lost a lot of communities. Instagram, Facebook, dating apps, and just about every other social network evolved while never capturing the original excitement, IMO.