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[–] Coopr8@kbin.earth 1 points 9 hours ago

XMPP Lives!

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

Trillian ftw.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 19 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I’m sure my fondness for that time is mostly nostalgia, but AIM was so kickass, man.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I remember ICQ being better in every way I cared about, except I couldn't get people to use it. (offline messaging, you could change your display name without making a new account, other stuff I forget). Kind of like trying to get people to use fediverse stuff now, I guess.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago
[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 6 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I loved the simplicity of it. It did one thing, and did it well enough.

They had an early mobile app (BREW I think), but it was pretty awful.

I think SMS gaining popularity killed it, and they were too early for the "What's App" era that ultimately killed SMS in a lot of places.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Lol there was definitely an AIM mobile app for flip phones that I installed soon after getting a flip phone like freshman year of high school and then my parents realizing the bill I had unknowingly built up

[–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 5 points 21 hours ago

I remember selecting a pre-android phone specifically because it had a physical keyboard and supported AIM.

[–] Flyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 19 hours ago

/me slaps OP around with a large trout

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

I actually used away messages to communicate to people various goings-on in my life. Having to sit down at a computer to message someone feels so foreign now.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 6 points 22 hours ago

I was on so many mailing lists for newslatters.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

“I’m in your walls, %n”