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ICQ messenger shuts down after almost 28 years

• freitzkriesler2 2y ago
  Right before the AIM shutdown, I managed to log back into my account from the early 2000s. A crazy time capsule of bad user names. Big shame aol never figured out how to monetize it. AIM could have become what slack and teams are today.
  • dgfitz 2y ago
    The interesting question is, what is the AIM of today that could become the teams of tomorrow
• cwillu 2y ago
  Uh oh!
• gnabgib 2y ago
  Big discussion [0] (773 points, 9 hours ago, 506 comments) [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40467625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40467625
• codepoet80 2y ago
  I'm 467533, managed to remember my password -- haven't used ICQ in >20 years. I'll pop online periodically from now until the shut down. Say hi!
• ChrisArchitect 2y ago
  [dupe]
• CTDOCodebases 2y ago
  Fond memories chatting to my non technical friends and spamming their inboxes using software that was doing god knows what to my PC. For my location/social circle ICQ was the first piece of chat software outside of IRC that gained mainstream adoption.