In 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 ne

In 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.