ICQ will stop working from June 26

> ICQ will stop working from June 26

> You can chat with friends in VK Messenger, and with colleagues in VK WorkSpace

Was ICQ like Livejournal, where it had a lot more popularity and staying power in Russia than in the West?

This makes me sad. I mean, I haven't logged in in about 20 years now, and couldn't if I wanted to (don't have the password or access to the email address).

But I had a low five digit user number, and built a lot of relationships on ICQ (some of which continue today!). It was my main method of electronic communication in college. I had romantic relationships live and die on ICQ.

Another reminder of how things change over time.

same for 6141850 although it wouldn't work when I tried to log in like 5 years ago.

Imagine a world where all apps had numeric user ids and people memorized them.

Here's the ICQ song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va8dnGF3Xyw

Goodbye from 201253

uh oh!