Two Stop Bits | ICQ messenger shuts down after almost 28 years

shdon 178 days ago
Heh, I just checked my old ICQ number and the account is marked as "[deleted]" yet still has my old profile picture from more than a decade ago.
qingcharles 179 days ago
I wish I knew how to figure out my ICQ ID so I can log in. I had a 5-digit starting with 4.
- bmonkey325 178 days ago
  Even if I knew my id it’s probably tied to an email I no longer control.
bmonkey325 180 days ago
I remeber a magical time when this was THE place to chat and reach people
- Borg 179 days ago
  Hmm, I never (I think) used it. For me, THE place to chat was always IRC. And today, I try hard to avoid wallen gardens.
  - bmonkey325 179 days ago
    Maybe it depended on your geography. In the late 90s it was really popular with almost 100 million accounts. Kind of like how WhatsApp is the chat platform of choice outside NA but has a gaping hole in US/canada
    Once AIM and msn came on it died quickly