TIL ICQ was still going.
Same here. LOL!
We three!
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OG instant messenger 🫡 survived long enough.
I can still hear that uh oh
Damn i still say that like that sometimes, and i totally forgot where it came from
the weirdest location I ever heard that sound was a random small supermarket that had that sound as the scan-bleep-sound of the register barcode scanner.
Every item that was getting pulled over it, went “uh oh”
If I’d work there I’d probably get fired for destroying that.
yup. it was already quite hard to stay calm during the short time I had to queue
That typewriter sound effect for every key you hit was so satisfying
Ok but only because of that prozzac song lol
I remember when they first introduced the live chat feature.
You could literally watch the other person type something out, erase their mistakes and correct it in real time.
That shit blew my mind as a kid.
RIP one of the most enjoyable messengers I ever used 🫡
Rip. You were always better than msm message.
RIP ICQ, you were a real one
I really liked the design of the underlying protocol (OSCAR, also used by AIM). It was a lot of fun to implement in a 3rd party client and I learned so much about networking and application protocols from the experience. It contributed immensely my career path.
My icq# was 4706179 and I doubt I’ll ever forget it.
Nice job doxing yourself idiot /s
31299966 man, I didn’t realize it was still running. The live text chat was the best.
4382561 signing out.
15189530, seared into my brain like my childhood phone number.
216617624,sadly hasn’t worked with the relaunch
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Nooooooo. I can’t remember my ICQ, maybe I still have it somewhere, but this is still sad.
At least IRC is still going.
Edit:
In its heyday, ICQ boasted over 100 million users on its platform, which was a remarkable achievement at the time. In 2010, ICQ was purchased by Mail.ru (now VK), who has since owned the products as it declined in use.
Today, ICQ announced that they are shutting down on June 26th, recommending that users switch to VK Messenger and Workspace.
So apparently Russian business killed it.
Considering how many other messengers died before ICQ I would say Russian VK kept it alive…
The king has died, long live the shit we have now?
You mean MSN messenger doesn’t exist anymore?!?
I have some good news for you: https://escargot.chat/
Holy shit,I didn’t even know it was still available
Man, those were the days…
- About a decade ago I tried so hard to sign in but couldn’t guess my password and didn’t have access to my original email. Nothing is permanent…
Back in like 2006, I’ve made an account for myself. A bot added me, asked how big my dick is, and then I’ve never used it again
Check your DMs
It’s been part of VKontakte since 2010. Good riddance I guess.
Loved it back in the day.
