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ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down (www.pcmag.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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ICQ will stop working on June 26. It's encouraging users to migrate to a messaging app from Russia-based VK, its parent company.

I stopped using ICQ in the very early 00s. I didn't know anything of it still remained.

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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My standard reply was "hailing frequencies open." Needless to say it was the opening line that let multiple women know that I was single. Surprisingly it had a 100% success rate. I was the best nerd.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did that line get you laid a lot?

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

The data is conflicting. I think they had already made up their mind on that topic before messaging me. My reply just reinforced their decision. It's hard to separate causation and correlation in that case.