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Farewell AOL Instant Messenger
October 06, 2017, 08:24 PM
Sunset_VaFarewell AOL Instant Messenger
Thought this merits a mention, many of you probably remember using it, along with ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, and other chat progams.
https://aimemories.tumblr.comIt is hard now to realize that back in the 90's, we were not mobile,and the infancy of laptops.as I sit typing this thread on my IPad, dial up and computer crashes seem like in another life.
美しい犬
October 06, 2017, 08:39 PM
DeqlynDoes ICQ still exist?
What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin
Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke October 06, 2017, 09:05 PM
P220 SmudgeIt's strange. I was just thinking last night that it was a bit bizarre in terms of the internet that I was still able to chat with my best best friend, primarily, still through AIM. It's what we started talking over in 2001, and we still do today. He asked me what we should migrate to. I have no clue.
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October 06, 2017, 09:12 PM
Sunset_Vaquote:
Originally posted by Deqlyn:
Does ICQ still exist?
That I don't know.
美しい犬
October 06, 2017, 09:45 PM
ftttuI spent countless hours chatting with others on AIM. I haven't used it in years and I won't be missing it, but it was a big part of my life for a long while.
Retired Texas Lawman
October 06, 2017, 09:49 PM
comet24AIM was the beginning of the end of calling someone and talking to them.
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October 06, 2017, 09:58 PM
logrusmasterICQ is still floating around out there. I think its actually used as the backbone to a lot of free online chatroom stuff still.
I remember when you were 'hot shit' if you had a cell phone that could get on AIM.
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October 06, 2017, 10:33 PM
tatortoddquote:
Originally posted by Sunset_Va:
quote:
Originally posted by Deqlyn:
Does ICQ still exist?
That I don't know.
AOL bought them, and then sold them in '10 to the Russians.
I remember first using it in 1998, and got a couple dates off it in '99. Quit using it in early 2000s between getting a little stalkerish and getting bombarded by foreigners wanting to try out written English on Americans.
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. October 06, 2017, 10:43 PM
CopefreeOh man, AIM played a huge role in my life. I was a teenager when it came out. It gave those awkward years a lot of confidence in talking to girls. Several of which have great stories to go a long with them.
I loved that platform.
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October 07, 2017, 07:42 AM
Ronin1069I met and flirted with my now wife via AIM. It will always hold a special meaning to me.
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October 07, 2017, 08:57 AM
ensigmaticquote:
Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
He asked me what we should migrate to. I have no clue.
If you're talking using a computer, you could try
XMPP.
You could both sign up for free at
the original IM service based on XMPP.
The protocol was, in fact, originally called "jabber."
AIM... haven't used it in years. Looks like I didn't even bother to configure Pidgin last time I upgraded my system.
Maybe I'll do that, before they kill it, just to see how many of my AIM contacts are still there.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher October 07, 2017, 02:36 PM
zoom6zoomI remember using a program called Trillium, because it could work with ALL the different messenger programs.
I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. October 07, 2017, 02:52 PM
Kevmoquote:
Originally posted by Ronin1069:
I met and flirted with my now wife via AIM. It will always hold a special meaning to me.
That is too funny...so did I!
October 07, 2017, 03:07 PM
Spokane228You flirted with Ronin's wife?
October 07, 2017, 03:49 PM
LS1 GTOGoodbye.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
October 07, 2017, 09:20 PM
rhquote:
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October 07, 2017, 09:28 PM
sigmonkeyquote:
Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
Goodbye.
Fixed.
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! October 07, 2017, 09:31 PM
Balzé HalzéAIM was a godsend at the Academy.
It is also the reason why today I can type so well and so fast. When you have five open windows and trying to keep a running conversation with all of them (usually girls), you gotta learn to type fast.
~Alan
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Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan
October 07, 2017, 10:01 PM
LS1 GTOquote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
quote:
Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
Goodbye.
Fixed.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...