I am one of the dozens of daily users that will be effected
AIM will be discontinued today
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#22RIP. Browsing friends' creative AIM away messages were the precursor to that Snapchat status(?) feature I hear about.
I presume you mean Snapchat stories?
In that case, it's a bit different. Snapchat (and Instagram) stories are a gallery of photos and videos that you upload, where the photos and videos are removed from the gallery after 24 hours. Essentially giving you a rolling 24 hour window into peoples lives.
I've become a big fan of instagram stories as a way of keeping up with what my friends are doing, since I've moved overseas. It feels a lot more appropriate than using something like a Facebook status to share what you're doing.
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#23Goodbye AIM, you were the catalyst to my Information Security career. Good times.
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#24RIP. Browsing friends' creative AIM away messages were the precursor to that Snapchat status(?) feature I hear about.
AIM Status messages were the original inspiration for Twitter, then twttr. See : https://www.flickr.com/photos/jackdorsey/182613360 - twttr sketch by founder Jack Dorsey.
It's amazing (disheartening?) to see Twitter evolve from the website where you could tell your friends that you were eating dinner, to a website where the President of the USA makes real policy announcements.
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#25End of an era... I remember buying a helio ocean over an original iphone because it had support for AIM.
I had AIM-to-SMS set up so I could keep my chats going even on my flip phone, and then on Windows Mobile even if I didn't have data service. These days I can't even check Facebook unless I have LTE, if the phone says 4G I know I have no service. Man how things change.
LTE equals 4G.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had AIM-to-SMS set up so I could keep my chats going even on my flip phone, and then on Windows Mobile even if I didn't have data service. These days I can't even check Facebook unless I have LTE, if the phone says 4G I know I have no service. Man how things change.
LTE equals 4G.
No what the parent says actually happens to me too. If the sign says 4g it means there is no data service. When it shows LTE or LTE+ then the data actually works.
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#27> Why is AIM shutting down?
> We know there are so many loyal fans who have used AIM for decades; and we loved working and building the first chat app of its kind since 1997. Our focus will always be on providing the kind of innovative experiences consumers want. We’re more excited than ever to focus on building the next generation of iconic brands and life-changing products.
Corporate BS-speak at its best. Three sentences and 0% answering the question.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had AIM-to-SMS set up so I could keep my chats going even on my flip phone, and then on Windows Mobile even if I didn't have data service. These days I can't even check Facebook unless I have LTE, if the phone says 4G I know I have no service. Man how things change.
LTE equals 4G.
LTE is an extension to 4G. That said, I'm pretty sure he meant 3G.
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#29You see what happens when you repeal title II!?!!
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#30Unfortunately you are not able to save or export your Buddy List. Your data associated with AIM will be deleted after December 15, 2017. Yes, you can manually save images and files to your computer until the morning of December 15, 2017. Whatever you thought of AIM, it's stuff like this that makes you realize just how important software freedom is. Insane that there is just no way at all , without outright hacking th…
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