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re: AOL IM shuts down in December
Posted on 10/6/17 at 10:46 pm to jdd48
Posted on 10/6/17 at 10:46 pm to jdd48
quote:The real geeks were and still are on IRC.
ICQ and AIM were kings of the early internet.
quote:Hah yeah, on IRC you could generally tell who was on dialup and who was a badass with cable or dsl. You could flood dialup users and boot them offline. The good old days.
When the internet meant sitting through repeated modem tones praying you could get connected and jpegs downloading at slow speed.
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Posted on 10/7/17 at 9:46 am to Korkstand
quote:quote:
ICQ and AIM were kings of the early internet.
The real geeks were and still are on IRC.
They're not really comparable though. I've used both since I was on the internet.
IRC is good for communities and chat rooms. AIM had chat rooms, but was better for communicating person-to-person.
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