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You had to put a link in your profile that contained "%n", and the client would replace %n with the screen name of the person clicking the link. They never took
by jaywalk 4y ago
You had to put a link in your profile that contained "%n", and the client would replace %n with the screen name of the person clicking the link. They never took that away as long as I was using AIM, but there was no way to see anyone simply viewing your profile without clicking a link as far as I can remember.
- jrootabega 4y agoAh that's right. I remember when it was still not widely known you could catch some people, but I think people caught on eventually.
- knome 4y agoCould you have added an <img src="http://tracking.example.com/pixel.gif?name=%n http://tracking.example.com/pixel.gif?name=%n"> to the profile, tracking them via the weblogs, or having a era-appropriate CGI script sitting there that kept track of them?
- jaywalk 4y agoI'm pretty sure you couldn't embed images in your profile.