AIM, MSN, Yahoo…Tom Scott made a point once, specifically about MSN messenger but it applies to that entire era: those were superior to Facebook messenger and any smartphone-first messenger designed since because it was possible to log off. Logging onto MSN (or Yahoo or AIM) meant you were idle enough to chat so saying hi wasn’t an imposition. Since ~2010 it always has been.
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Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I loved aim back in the day. Truly the pinnacle of instant messaging
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 2 months ago
my Buddyprofile was sooooo coooool
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Bah, ICQ was where all the cool kids would hang.
Venator@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
I thought that was IRC
SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 months ago
mIRC was chaos back in the day. It was magical.