An era ends. Still remembering my number. 9 digits!
ICQ will stop working from June 26
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#3621303789 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.
I remember the phone number of my great aunt who lived in East Germany. It was a 12-digit number (including country code). We called her once, maybe twice a year, and usually my mother was dialling. I was maybe around 8 or 9 at the time (it was around 1988). I cannot even remember the birthdays of people close to me, let alone any phone numbers except my own. But I still remember that f*king 12-digit international ph…
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#363This 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…
I remember the music/sound when ICQ used to load up. The logo was brilliant. Nostalgia. Circa 1999-2001 when I used it heavily. Best part though: finding strangers and becoming online friends with many of them (without worrying about scams etc).
I don't know if it's nostalgia or silliness, but I've at various times reused the ICQ uh-oh audio as irssi hilight/putty audio bell sound, SMS signal and Discord voice channel join sound over the years. Usually I find it entertaining the first two or three times and then it acts as a very large stressor.
Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26
#364This 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…
I have a 7 digit number but I remember it still after all these years lol Was able to login still.
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#365Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26
#366Ultima Online plus ICQ, those were the days
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#367A oh!
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#368Wow. People have been keeping the lights on all this time? Incredible dedication. Wishing them many thanks for the amazing years, when the internet felt purely good and we had our lives ahead of us. It meant so much to see the “online” indicator of your love, lit up.
Go well.
Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26
#3691303789 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.
My number is so burnt into my memory, I'm only half-joking when I say that if I get Alzheimer, I'll recall it long after I forgot my own name.
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#3702174769 I still have my UIN memorized what... 25 years later? Sad to see it go even though I left the platform ages ago.