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

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[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

RIP 53215700, the oldest account I’m still aware of that I’ve forgotten the password to. Must have made it in 98 or 99.

Edit: it was actually 2001 because I was in a Tribes 2 clan and we used ICQ to chat.

[-] yukichigai@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 4 months ago

86336930 checking in. Pretty sure I remember the password, but it's not like I can check now.

You will be missed, ICQ. When no other messaging service worked, you always did.

[-] Dalraz@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago

2728604 checking in, man i miss those days

[-] Maestro@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago

22421382 here. I can't believe I still know that number by heart after 20+ years.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 3 points 4 months ago

Pretty sure mine was 16399753. But, not logged in for probably 15 or more years, so could be wrong.

No idea whatsoever about the password :P

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

52 million seems high for that timeframe.

[-] yukichigai@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago

I'm not sure how the numbers were doled out, but in 2000 it was a big deal having a sub-9-digit ICQ number.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Maybe I'm off by a bit then. I could have sworn I had one in like the 500k range but it must have been around '97 or '98.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I got on ICQ in 97 or 98 to keep up with friends from a MUD and mine was 7 digits. I haven't logged into it in over a decade because when I went back to see if anyone from the old game was around none ever showed up online.

[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, you’re right. I was playing Tribes 2 around that time and it came out in 2001.

[-] lido@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

691948 here.

[-] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

2452680 reporting in

[-] pwalker@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

165166320 here

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