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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 codegeek »

jedberg wrote: post #14

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…

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).

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by ta1243 »

maxbond wrote: post #25
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.

My reading (and maybe I'm wrong because the comment was terse) is that IRC will never die, because it is not a commercial interest that can be shuttered. It's an open protocol and anyone can spin up a server. Any community you build inside a walled garden can be taken from you. I do think that is important to keep in mind.

It can't die because of that, but the reason we use things like reddit and discord and slack is because those are not open protocols -- they have monied interests behind getting people to use them

The idealism of the internet in the 80s and 90s never could survive past the growth phase.

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by pndy »

SSLy wrote: post #22

Gadu Gadu, the contemporary clone from Poland, is still up. I don't know if anyone uses it.

All my friends left it years ago and moved to either whatsapp or fb messenger, some opted for telegram. From what people wrote in appstore it seems that GG become some kind of social network filled with spam and scam profiles.

I tried to log in by site right now and my password isn't recognized anymore; and it also seems to be loading something from tiktok there

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by jandrese »

Even though it was mostly just Russians wanting to practice their English last time I used it a couple of decades ago I will miss this service.

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What I really miss is the era when every chat service was on an open protocol so you could have a single app that supported everybody no matter what service they used.

Re: ICQ will stop working from June 26

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Post by olliej »

I assumed it was already dead, just on a lark I went to sign in and it appears to require a phone number now, not my old number? so I guess it has not actually been "ICQ" in a while?

edit: ah, they're doing the odious "use an sms to allow your account to be compromised login" instead of passwords. Then they say "your account has been compromised" until you add a phone number

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