ICQ is shutting down.
Another one that lost to Nostr.
Discussion
Is AOL messenger still going?
I still know my number, for some reason.
they had a good run, but the future is here now
Not sure if nostr is the reason
Few remember...
I visited their website some months ago as I remembered it and wondered if it was still around. Didn't seem like the ICQ I used in the early 00s
Gonna see more like this. It’s asymmetrical: they put all eggs in one app, hope and pray. Nostr can have multiple killer apps and flavors come and go… keep rolling and evolving regardless of the tide. I wouldn’t want to be running a traditional social media platform rn with the specter of nostr out there
remember using it just to play embedded games when I was about 5yrs old
I used Odigo Messenger, not ICQ
Wow, I thought it was gone like 10 years ago. But it's a good post to check the age , if the comment is "what's ICQ"?
Oh no! The flower...
is trillian next?
flashback to the sound that pinged when getting a new message. happy times ❤️
Hmmm so the lindy effect has failed for icq 🥲🥲🥲
ICQ was so awesome back then. My memory no longer remembers my number though. 🤔
Kinda sad, I still remember my login number. Almost like a pubkey. Haven't used the thing in at least a decade tho. Probably two.
I used to use that alongside Ultima Online back in the day.
That took a long time to finally die.
ku-kuu! 🏵️
😂
"ICQ was bought by AOL in 1998, and then by Mail.Ru Group (now VK) in 2010."
Yeah no thanks lol. Real shame.
413-882-018
I still remember it...