Most people in my circle moved to AIM with some on MSN and one or two weirdos on Yahoo. The ability to have a fun username maybe contributed. Did ICQ let you set an away status with melodramatic lyrics? I remember that being an important feature in the others.
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lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 month ago
I used ICQ quite a bit in its glory times. I remember that people eventually shifted to MSN, but I don’t quite remember why. (Perhaps it was bundled with Windows?)
key@lemmy.keychat.org 1 month ago
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
(Perhaps it was bundled with Windows?)
As was the style at the time.
federalreverse@feddit.de 1 month ago
Yeah, when we were young and dumb and didn’t mind chatting without even transport encryption.