▲ 800 ▼ I'm down with this (thelemmy.club) submitted 14 hours ago by LadyButterfly@reddthat.com to c/historymemes@piefed.social 157 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gnufuu@lemmy.ca 18 points 14 hours ago (1 child) uh oh permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Enkrod@feddit.org 18 points 13 hours ago (4 children) No, not ICQ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] jtrek@startrek.website 13 points 13 hours ago (1 child) ICQ was pretty good. You could message offline people, which AOL/aim didn't support. Of course, this lead to a whole experience of waiting for your friend/crush to log on, but then not messaging them immediately... but then they log off and the opportunity passed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 child) It takes me a minute to remember my cell number, but I can rattle off my IQC number in a second. My ICQ fridge magnet was kept for decades through multiple moves permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago (1 child) I remember i downloaded ICQ for my counter strike clan. That was the first i had ever heard of it, but i guess it had hit international popularity already . When I realized you just got a number, i was baffled that i couldnt search by name. Didnt take me long to memorize that number and make many online friends permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 1 point 6 hours ago Random chat made me some amazing friends that I kept in touch with for decades. Those friendships lasted longer than IQC did. Sadly, the Internet is a different place now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 1 point 8 hours ago I loved ICQ! I'm sure some people thought it was a horrible idea to see people type in real time but to me it was peak messenging. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cknight@fedinsfw.app 1 point 8 hours ago I still know my ICQ number by heart, and a close friends too, who is lower than mine by about 50k. 140... and mine was 201... Haven't used em in about 25 years. But then I also still know my childhood phone number. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gnufuu@lemmy.ca 9 points 13 hours ago* sad ship horn noises permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 18 points 13 hours ago (4 children) No, not ICQ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] jtrek@startrek.website 13 points 13 hours ago (1 child) ICQ was pretty good. You could message offline people, which AOL/aim didn't support. Of course, this lead to a whole experience of waiting for your friend/crush to log on, but then not messaging them immediately... but then they log off and the opportunity passed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 child) It takes me a minute to remember my cell number, but I can rattle off my IQC number in a second. My ICQ fridge magnet was kept for decades through multiple moves permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago (1 child) I remember i downloaded ICQ for my counter strike clan. That was the first i had ever heard of it, but i guess it had hit international popularity already . When I realized you just got a number, i was baffled that i couldnt search by name. Didnt take me long to memorize that number and make many online friends permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 1 point 6 hours ago Random chat made me some amazing friends that I kept in touch with for decades. Those friendships lasted longer than IQC did. Sadly, the Internet is a different place now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 1 point 8 hours ago I loved ICQ! I'm sure some people thought it was a horrible idea to see people type in real time but to me it was peak messenging. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cknight@fedinsfw.app 1 point 8 hours ago I still know my ICQ number by heart, and a close friends too, who is lower than mine by about 50k. 140... and mine was 201... Haven't used em in about 25 years. But then I also still know my childhood phone number. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gnufuu@lemmy.ca 9 points 13 hours ago* sad ship horn noises permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jtrek@startrek.website 13 points 13 hours ago (1 child) ICQ was pretty good. You could message offline people, which AOL/aim didn't support. Of course, this lead to a whole experience of waiting for your friend/crush to log on, but then not messaging them immediately... but then they log off and the opportunity passed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 child) It takes me a minute to remember my cell number, but I can rattle off my IQC number in a second. My ICQ fridge magnet was kept for decades through multiple moves permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago (1 child) I remember i downloaded ICQ for my counter strike clan. That was the first i had ever heard of it, but i guess it had hit international popularity already . When I realized you just got a number, i was baffled that i couldnt search by name. Didnt take me long to memorize that number and make many online friends permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 1 point 6 hours ago Random chat made me some amazing friends that I kept in touch with for decades. Those friendships lasted longer than IQC did. Sadly, the Internet is a different place now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 child) It takes me a minute to remember my cell number, but I can rattle off my IQC number in a second. My ICQ fridge magnet was kept for decades through multiple moves permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago (1 child) I remember i downloaded ICQ for my counter strike clan. That was the first i had ever heard of it, but i guess it had hit international popularity already . When I realized you just got a number, i was baffled that i couldnt search by name. Didnt take me long to memorize that number and make many online friends permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 1 point 6 hours ago Random chat made me some amazing friends that I kept in touch with for decades. Those friendships lasted longer than IQC did. Sadly, the Internet is a different place now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago (1 child) I remember i downloaded ICQ for my counter strike clan. That was the first i had ever heard of it, but i guess it had hit international popularity already . When I realized you just got a number, i was baffled that i couldnt search by name. Didnt take me long to memorize that number and make many online friends permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 1 point 6 hours ago Random chat made me some amazing friends that I kept in touch with for decades. Those friendships lasted longer than IQC did. Sadly, the Internet is a different place now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 1 point 6 hours ago Random chat made me some amazing friends that I kept in touch with for decades. Those friendships lasted longer than IQC did. Sadly, the Internet is a different place now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 1 point 8 hours ago I loved ICQ! I'm sure some people thought it was a horrible idea to see people type in real time but to me it was peak messenging. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cknight@fedinsfw.app 1 point 8 hours ago I still know my ICQ number by heart, and a close friends too, who is lower than mine by about 50k. 140... and mine was 201... Haven't used em in about 25 years. But then I also still know my childhood phone number. permalink fedilink source parent
