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Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA(www.channelnewsasia.com)

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herrcaptain@lemmy.ca
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ICQ was my first foray into meeting girls online, back when that was a really weird thing to do.

Post a/s/l to pay respects.

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Mike D.@lemm.ee
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a/s/l

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grue@lemmy.world
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10/f/935 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC, 20535

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herrcaptain@lemmy.ca
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Now I’m no American, but something smells FBIish about that address.

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grue@lemmy.world
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There’s a quote that came from ICQ’s heyday that I had in mind when I wrote that:

“The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and little girls are FBI agents.”

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richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one
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I knew my first long distance gf on ICQ. I remember also having that service in Miranda IM along Yahoo Chat, MSN, Google Chat (back when it was based on XMPP) and Jabber.

Messages from my current gf are announced with the classic ICQ “Uh-oh!”.

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jballs@sh.itjust.works
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19/f/cali

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herrcaptain@lemmy.ca
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I’m pressing X to doubt.

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Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works
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I got engaged and travelled across the Atlantic to be with someone I met on irc

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