ICQ messenger shuts down after almost 28 years

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

uh oh

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Damn i still say that like that sometimes, and i totally forgot where it came from

Ok but only because of that prozzac song lol

That typewriter sound effect for every key you hit was so satisfying

It was my first introduction to the type-length-value concept over the network, seemed radically different from the text only IRC protocol that I knew back then. I remember how fun it was to write an elegant parser for the ICQ messaging, and how I ended up on somewhat a DOM model where I converted the on-wire format into series of nested objects. Not the most efficient idea, but it was neat.

Nice job doxing yourself idiot /s

31299966 man, I didn’t realize it was still running. The live text chat was the best.

I forgot mine years ago. :(

11909704 it's been probably 25 to 30 years since I've used it, and still remember

4382561 signing out.

15189530, seared into my brain like my childhood phone number.

216617624,sadly hasn't worked with the relaunch

Check your DMs

Nah, the latest iteration was a Telegram clone

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