ICQ shutting down after 27 years

User friendly is so important when providing a service and they missed that memo in that aspect of the service.

If I had the time I'd contact them and see if I could buy their assets and then put them to good use but time trumps the opportunity in this case for me.
Hey if you want to go halves on the effort I'd be up for it lol

Realistically I think even an old name like ICQ would struggle in this day and age, there is a lot more competition than just mIRC.
 
I will never ever forget that sound ... RIP legend!
 
wow... what a beautiful era is just over :(
 
Wow... I didn't know it was still going. I remember how it was the 'thing' in its day.
 
Not in the thread context, but since it, I remembered about mIRC, and it's very popular question: "ASL, pls". I think, in a period of time, this line was almost as popular as "OK", or other few words.

Anyway....RIP ICQ
As a child word of that era, LOL is unbeatable to this day.
How fast the time flies..
 
I also remember some people would be on AOL or MSN so that I would use Trillian, but I see it's now used for something else. It's incredible how far we have come with technology since the early 2000s.
I'm not gonna lie. AOL was the shit back in the day.

Being forced by my mates to use ICQ for UO was simultaneously a dark and wonderous time.
 
aw, ICQ is nostalgia! it was fun hearing "uh oh" - a sign someone ran something they shouldn't have :anyway: RIP ICQ
 
RIP ICQ - I still remember my number :rolleyes:

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Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/uh-oh-vk-is-pulling-the-plug-on-its-nostalgic-icq-i-seek-you-instant-messaging-platform-after-nearly-three-decades-of-keeping-people-connected
1770548 signing out.
 
on the start it was used by many people (including me) as a hookup app. it had really good search options. many good memories ;)
after that i stopped using it for years, until people from seo business started asking me to use it for deal negotiations. i was surprised how its purpose changed
 
RIP ICQ - I still remember my number :rolleyes:

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Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/uh-oh-vk-is-pulling-the-plug-on-its-nostalgic-icq-i-seek-you-instant-messaging-platform-after-nearly-three-decades-of-keeping-people-connected
1770248 signing off...
 
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