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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 coldtea »

dkga wrote: post #470

I will forever treasure my ICQ memories. The sounds it made. The moving image when it was connecting. Listening in Winamp to one of only a few dozen possible songs that I had carefully downloaded. Being able to randomly connect to people you would filter. Yes, I want to talk to someone more or less my age but in Iceland. Or any other country. But most of all, the feeling of being connected. As a teenager in the autis…

>And no, this is isn’t some form of Ostalgie where we long for past days of hardship with tender feelings.

The longing for Ostalgie was based on things being easier and basic needs met more easily than in the cut throat "free market" environment that followed

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by Bluestein »

dkga wrote: post #470

I will forever treasure my ICQ memories. The sounds it made. The moving image when it was connecting. Listening in Winamp to one of only a few dozen possible songs that I had carefully downloaded. Being able to randomly connect to people you would filter. Yes, I want to talk to someone more or less my age but in Iceland. Or any other country. But most of all, the feeling of being connected. As a teenager in the autis…

Totally remember the switch to MSN. You are entirely correct. It was the beginning of the end.-

(I seem to recall MSN having some killer feature or another that made people switch. Or just critical Maas, with Windows.)

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by charles_f »

dkga wrote: post #470

I will forever treasure my ICQ memories. The sounds it made. The moving image when it was connecting. Listening in Winamp to one of only a few dozen possible songs that I had carefully downloaded. Being able to randomly connect to people you would filter. Yes, I want to talk to someone more or less my age but in Iceland. Or any other country. But most of all, the feeling of being connected. As a teenager in the autis…

> The sounds it made

To this day, my text notifications ring "hey ho"

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by Udo »

geek_at wrote: post #384
robohydrate wrote: post #381

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58843787 Managed to remember it along with my password from 20+ years ago and it allowed me to login! Really amazing actually it's been around this long.

same! 97910162 for some reason I even printed it out with a lable maker and put it on my safe.. it's not the password but might be a good diversion

113585 - probably the very last time I can feel good about this number!

I can't remember the last time I even thought about ICQ, much less had a client installed. But damn, end of an era

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by nickcox1 »

Bluestein wrote: post #492
dkga wrote: post #470

I will forever treasure my ICQ memories. The sounds it made. The moving image when it was connecting. Listening in Winamp to one of only a few dozen possible songs that I had carefully downloaded. Being able to randomly connect to people you would filter. Yes, I want to talk to someone more or less my age but in Iceland. Or any other country. But most of all, the feeling of being connected. As a teenager in the autis…

Totally remember the switch to MSN. You are entirely correct. It was the beginning of the end.- (I seem to recall MSN having some killer feature or another that made people switch. Or just critical Maas, with Windows.)

I remember there being doubters like [1]:

> If you want to chat with people, you have to go where they are, and ICQ and AOL have the most people by far. Chances are, your friends are using one of those services, not one of the smaller ones like MSN Instant Messenger. With all of Microsoft’s muscle, money, and marketing skill, they are just not going to be able to break into auctions or instant messaging, because the network effects there are so strong.

[1] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/05/12/strategy-letter-i-...

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by Bluestein »

timeon wrote: post #272
jsheard wrote: post #51

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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.

There is also Zulip, that I think is opensource.

Can vouch for Zulip. Threaded messaging is the best.-

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by cschmittiey »

jedberg wrote: post #439
noman-land wrote: post #179

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NewPipe or uBlock Origin will prevent your experiences from being ruined in the future.

Oh I know I have them installed but my "HN browser" is Safari which doesn't have plugins.

wipr works great for safari, even on iOS. don’t know of any free options though. There’s also Vinegar, which makes web YouTube videos play in a native matter with PiP.
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