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When talking about QQ, does anyone remember ICQ? QQ uses number as ID mainly because it's a knockoff from ICQ at beginning
by ytch 12y ago
When talking about QQ, does anyone remember ICQ? QQ uses number as ID mainly because it's a knockoff from ICQ at beginning
- tobinfricke 12y agoICQ is kind of an example of the numbers-website phenomenon in English: the letters themselves are meaningless, but when pronounced sound like "I seek you" (compare to the Alibaba example in the linked article).
- darklajid 12y agoI still know my ICQ number by heart, but cannot remember my own land line and only recently managed to memorize my (company) mobile number.
- Joyfield 12y agoSame here. 817598
- cynix 12y agoIt was even called OICQ (OpenICQ) when they first started, even though there was nothing "open" about their service.
- myf 12y agoit also uses a penguin as the mascot...