The ICQ messaging app is shutting down on June 26th, marking the end of a much-beloved communication application.
  • IndiBrony@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    I remember when they first introduced the live chat feature.

    You could literally watch the other person type something out, erase their mistakes and correct it in real time.

    That shit blew my mind as a kid.

    RIP one of the most enjoyable messengers I ever used 🫡

  • dinckel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    Back in like 2006, I’ve made an account for myself. A bot added me, asked how big my dick is, and then I’ve never used it again

  • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    Nooooooo. I can’t remember my ICQ, maybe I still have it somewhere, but this is still sad.

    At least IRC is still going.

    Edit:

    In its heyday, ICQ boasted over 100 million users on its platform, which was a remarkable achievement at the time. In 2010, ICQ was purchased by Mail.ru (now VK), who has since owned the products as it declined in use.

    Today, ICQ announced that they are shutting down on June 26th, recommending that users switch to VK Messenger and Workspace.

    So apparently Russian business killed it.

    • snownyte@kbin.social
      0·
      6 months ago

      Out of everything we have today, Discord is arguably the best we’ve got.

      Nobody cares about Skype anymore as much. VK Messenger, which is ICQ’s successor, looks like trash. Telegram used to be very great but did take some morally questionable steps, yet still gives the user an awful lot of power. Zoom is garbage. Microsoft Teams is garbage. Facebook Messenger is garbage.

      So if I had to pick, Discord and Telegram is the best we’ve got now.

  • MisterMoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    6 months ago
    1. About a decade ago I tried so hard to sign in but couldn’t guess my password and didn’t have access to my original email. Nothing is permanent…