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All I can say is: "Uh oh!" https://youtu.be/RhGHerssyk4
Miranda IM, open source plugin based architecture, was the best client for ICQ.
There was a fun plugin that notified you if anyone read your away message. Good trolling potential.
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A few weeks ago I shut down my self hosted znc bouncer that I still logged in every few weeks to download logs, see if I got pinged somewhere and catch up with some low traffic channels. I then switched over to https://www.irccloud.com and it's such a improvement as I can use it on my phone, now I'm pretty active again and I kinda missed it.
Are there any self-hosted alternatives?
Alternatively there's many bridges these days so you can use Matrix with one of the many apps supported.
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why should ICQ be a social network?
What makes you think it wasn't a social network?
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 o…
4125222 I still remember it but not the pass
All I can say is: "Uh oh!" https://youtu.be/RhGHerssyk4
Man I gotta say that experience was ruined by the 10 second ad I had to endure ahead of it. I really wish YouTube would just not try to monetize videos that are shorter than the ads.