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AOL IM shuts down in December
Posted on 10/6/17 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 10/6/17 at 6:19 pm
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It's the end of an era: as of December 15, AOL's Instant Messenger will no longer exist.
This post was edited on 10/6/17 at 6:20 pm
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Posted on 10/6/17 at 6:56 pm to biggsc
Didn't know it was still up. I haven't used it in over 10 years
Posted on 10/6/17 at 7:16 pm to tigerfan84
Same here. Used it during college until Facebook came along
Posted on 10/6/17 at 7:24 pm to biggsc
ICQ and AIM were kings of the early internet. When the internet meant sitting through repeated modem tones praying you could get connected and jpegs downloading at slow speed.
This post was edited on 10/6/17 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 10/6/17 at 7:32 pm to jdd48
Yes both of those
Posted on 10/6/17 at 7:57 pm to jdd48
“Uh oh”
MSN messenger was pretty big too
MSN messenger was pretty big too
Posted on 10/6/17 at 10:35 pm to biggsc
a/s/l?
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.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 8:25 am to biggsc
Met my wife on AIM in January 2000. Crazy that it has still been around. I'll pour one out later for AIM.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 8:30 am to biggsc
I remember receiving AOL CDs, which seemed to be weekly.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 9:46 am to Korkstand
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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.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 11:08 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
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Met my wife on AIM in January 2000.
Damn, I met mine around 2000 too. RIP AIM.
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