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ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down (www.pcmag.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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ICQ will stop working on June 26. It's encouraging users to migrate to a messaging app from Russia-based VK, its parent company.

I stopped using ICQ in the very early 00s. I didn't know anything of it still remained.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I met an interesting Argentinian girl through ICQ. A co-worker ended up getting their inbox filled with large attachments from an overseas office with fast internet. We were still on dial-up. We just had pop3 access, no online front end. I stayed in the office over night to download the files so the connection wouldn't be interrupted by someone else accessing the line. To pass the time, I downloaded ICQ and started chatting with the Argentinian girl. She introduced me to this song.

Great memories.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

this song

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

The Song is quite fitting for an overnight shift in an office :D