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ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by jsheard »

vundercind wrote: post #43
jsheard wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being self-hostable it can never die completely but lets face it, in most communities it's a hollowed out husk of what it used to be since Discord took off.

And yet, it’ll still be around after Discord shuts down.

But would IRC be what a post-Discord exodus actually goes back to? Lacking basic modern amenities like seamless scrollback and push notifications is going to be a hard sell for the generation that grew up with Discord. As a sibling mentioned, Matrix is closer to the mark.

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by mindcrime »

Well... I don't know that they ever officially released a protocol spec, but libpurple implements ICQ so at least enough of the protocol was reverse engineered or understood somehow to allow for OSS clients. So I suppose somebody could start from there and build a compatible server. Of course it might wind up only being compatible with Pidgin and other libpurple based clients, and the market for this is probably approximately 16 people worldwide. But still, it would be kinda fun.

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by Khaine »

Not only is this sad, it makes me feel old. Its just another reminder that the Internet of the late 90s/early 2000s is dead and not coming back. Instead its been replaced with corporate blandness and faux outrage.

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by giantrobot »

ssfrr wrote: post #45

1303789 Serious question - why do so many people remember our ICQ numbers? I don’t remember what user-facing function it served. Was that actually the identifier we shared with people to connect? I suppose it also came at a time for a lot of us where things seemed to wedge into our brains more easily.

Likely the same reason I remember my grandparents (now passed) phone number. A handful of digits I saw or referenced a lot.

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by jedberg »

ssfrr wrote: post #45

1303789 Serious question - why do so many people remember our ICQ numbers? I don’t remember what user-facing function it served. Was that actually the identifier we shared with people to connect? I suppose it also came at a time for a lot of us where things seemed to wedge into our brains more easily.

> Was that actually the identifier we shared with people to connect?

Yes. It was like giving out your telephone number.

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