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.
a/s/l
10/f/935 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC, 20535
Now I'm no American, but something smells FBIish about that address.
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."
We need to revise that for Lemmy.
"Lemmy: Where men are men, and men are women, and women are men, and I think we've got a few women who were born women, and also there's a whole bunch of new genders as well, and no genders at all, and that's all cool with most of us."
It's a mouthful and might not read well on a t-shirt, but we can workshop it.
I like it, lots
"Wow, how cool is it that she's 13 and already works for the FBI! "
What was this from? I know the reference but can't place it. I could obviously search for it but, hey, I'm trying to be social here.
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!".
19/f/cali
I'm pressing X to doubt.
Everyone switch to IRC, quick!
mIRC/IRC is still going, right? Haven’t used that in probably a decade.
As someone who has most of her socialization on IRC now... Eww, mIRC is proprietary and for Windows. Maybe it's just me having learned about IRC only a couple years ago and thus not having a sentimental attachment, but why use it if you have open-source ones like Hexchat, Irssi or Weechat?
I used mIRC for years, but as the days have marched on, XChat replaced it, and then irssi, and finally weechat on SSH.
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.
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.
2728604 checking in, man i miss those days
22421382 here. I can't believe I still know that number by heart after 20+ years.
691948 here.
I just signed up yesterday too.
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The last uh has been oh'd
Uh-oh!
It was still going?!
Was 216845. I’m old.
I still remember my number. It was 7 digits.
how is everyone remembering their ICQ number?
I forgot mine 5 minutes after adding it to Trillian.
I miss Trillian :(
It's with the aim and yahoo messenger in the clouds now. Good bye Trillian profile I had back in the late 90s, you were too beautiful for this world.
I'm pleasantly surprised the number of replies on Lemmy saying they used this service. It's nice to know that there are some old people on here, like me :)
486972 signing off. Godspeed.
6751 6686 here... I'm glad it's finally getting a burial since it died like 20 years ago.
3100493 😅
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Farewell o7
23436242, signing out
Uh oh well
444438969 was a great handle. RIP.
RIP ICQ
237216938 logging off.
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