ICQ messenger shuts down after almost 28 years

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Choco
05/25/2024
08:46 AM
#1
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/icq-messenger-shuts-down-after-almost-28-years/
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sauceje
05/25/2024
08:51 AM
#2
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TimeForAction
05/25/2024
08:53 AM
#3
They lost OP status
ooger
05/25/2024
09:00 AM
#4
I didn't know ICQ was sold to some Russian company.
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Solid_Sonic
05/25/2024
09:01 AM
#5
"ICQ" sounds more like "I seek you", which seems like the name of a dating app.
Anyone who doesn't agree is part of the problem.
xsdarknesssx
05/25/2024
09:32 AM
#6
Never heard of this, used MSN messenger back in the day but not used it in probably 10 years.
ExtremeLuchador
05/25/2024
09:33 AM
#7
I haven't used ICQ since 1999-2000ish.
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rivers
05/25/2024
11:47 AM
#8
guess it's time to log on for a few weeks and see if anyone from the past shows up
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Quezovercoatl
05/25/2024
11:48 AM
#9
End of an era
HeeathLivesOn
05/25/2024
11:48 AM
#10
AIM was the first messenger I used I think
No... actually I think I had something just before that, but I don't recall anymore

Most importantly, I used Comic Sans MS as my IM font for years, since it was the most best font
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LukaDoncic77
05/25/2024
01:27 PM
#11
uh oh!
hyperskate65
05/25/2024
01:36 PM
#12
That's a name I haven't heard in 20 years. Were people still using them?
his comparison suggests we're closet african americans.
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Purple_Cheetah
05/25/2024
01:40 PM
#13
Solid_Sonic posted...
"ICQ" sounds more like "I seek you", which seems like the name of a dating app.
That's actually its intended meaning... the phonetic one anyways.

Ironically, it was after it was acquired by the russian company that it was loaded with adware, and sex bots would spam you on it for dating/porn.
*This also drives a reminder/warning not to seek it out and install it for a trip down memory lane. It's not worth the spyware/adware and who knows what else it has, especially these days. I only caution this, because that's the overall information I gathered in 2017, when it was suggested as an AIM replacement. Guess now it can't even do that.
pedro45
05/25/2024
01:41 PM
#14
I assumed it died before AIM
Warning: Sometimes biased
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XxKrazyChaosxX
05/25/2024
01:44 PM
#15
A/S/l ?
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Xethuminra
05/25/2024
01:45 PM
#16
If websites were people
Mad_Cow46
05/25/2024
02:08 PM
#17
Solid_Sonic posted...
"ICQ" sounds more like "I seek you", which seems like the name of a dating app.

thats actually what it was named for back in the day.
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archizzy
05/25/2024
02:14 PM
#18
At a glance I thought this said ICO messenger and I was confused thinking about the game.
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Kradek
05/25/2024
02:14 PM
#19
I've used AIM, Yahoo messenger, MSN, and currently still use Facebook, never heard of ICQ.

Was it used more internationally/not in the U.S.?
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archizzy
05/25/2024
02:19 PM
#20
Kradek posted...
I've used AIM, Yahoo messenger, MSN, and currently still use Facebook, never heard of ICQ.

Was it used more internationally/not in the U.S.?

I know a lot of people who used it in the 90s anround the same time as Aim. AOL ended up buying it.
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Hexenherz
05/28/2024
06:22 AM
#21
Sad to see one of the OGs go like this. I have no idea what it was like in its final days, probably sucked just like Netscape after getting subsumed by AOL. But it was still a pioneer in the instant messaging era and I will miss it for that.
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R_Jackal
05/28/2024
06:27 AM
#22
Hurts to see. I'll never understand the death of things like ICQ and AIM over stuff like Facebook or Twitter.
AceMos
05/28/2024
06:32 AM
#23
xsdarknesssx posted...
Never heard of this, used MSN messenger back in the day but not used it in probably 10 years.
god i miss MSN best messenger service for 1 on 1 conversations
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OmegaShinkai
05/28/2024
06:35 AM
#24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6pNoYZgWBs
Frosted_Midna
05/28/2024
07:15 AM
#25
This is a sad day!
It's more than good, it's alive!
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BlazinBlue88
05/28/2024
07:17 AM
#26
Still remember the uh oh sound when you got a new message.

https://youtu.be/6iCPIUGnHQ8?si=wE8Spc_tzkRgls8S
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CARRRNE_ASADA
05/28/2024
07:46 AM
#28
Good ol days
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Kradek
05/28/2024
07:18 PM
#29
archizzy posted...
I know a lot of people who used it in the 90s around the same time as Aim. AOL ended up buying it.

Interesting, did not know that
My metal band, Ivory King, has 2 songs out now - allmylinks.com/ivorykingtx (all of our links there so you can choose which one you'd prefer to use)
Azn_Psycho
05/28/2024
07:19 PM
#30
pedro45 posted...
I assumed it died before AIM

Blah, blah, blah, and blah.
rivers
05/29/2024
01:58 PM
#31
After AOL bought ICQ and brought it onto the OSCAR protocol, you could log onto AIM with normal functionality using your ICQ UIN. Didn't know anyone who did this aside from testing it out though
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