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Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how the numbers were doled out, but in 2000 it was a big deal having a sub-9-digit ICQ number.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe I'm off by a bit then. I could have sworn I had one in like the 500k range but it must have been around '97 or '98.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I got on ICQ in 97 or 98 to keep up with friends from a MUD and mine was 7 digits. I haven't logged into it in over a decade because when I went back to see if anyone from the old game was around none ever showed up online.