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As a German, I would not call it killed. It's very poplar here. But I think most of my friends use things like Miranda or Gaim/Pidgin and not the bloat-client.
by guruz 18y ago
As a German, I would not call it killed. It's very poplar here.
But I think most of my friends use things like Miranda or Gaim/Pidgin and not the bloat-client. Even the lesser tech-savy ones. They got it installed by the nerds ;)
- knuton 18y agoI think ICQ is still the instant messenger in Germany, judging from personal experience. Wikipedia has statistics on different services’ user bases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging#User_base http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging#User_base
- raquo 18y agoIn Russia too, ICQ is the dominant IM protocol. Many geeks use jabber though (together with ICQ). And Livejournal is the dominant blog platform. I guess the network effect (resulting from being first to market?) has something to do with it. And, BTW - 282192658. And I used to remember my first cell phone number too for a long time. That's probably because it was so cool to be able to chat / call for the first time.