Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years
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Do you still remember your ICQ number?
  • @deranger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    37•5 days ago

    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.

    • Y|yukichigaiEnglish
      21•5 days ago

      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.

        • Maestro
          4•5 days ago

          22421382 here. I can’t believe I still know that number by heart after 20+ years.

          • r00ty
            3•5 days ago

            Pretty sure mine was 16399753. But, not logged in for probably 15 or more years, so could be wrong.

            No idea whatsoever about the password :P

      • Y|yukichigaiEnglish
        3•5 days ago

        I’m not sure how the numbers were doled out, but in 2000 it was a big deal having a sub-9-digit ICQ number.

        • @AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•5 days ago

          Maybe I’m off by a bit then. I could have sworn I had one in like the 500k range but it must have been around '97 or '98.

          • @TexasDrunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4•5 days ago

            I got on ICQ in 97 or 98 to keep up with friends from a MUD and mine was 7 digits. I haven’t logged into it in over a decade because when I went back to see if anyone from the old game was around none ever showed up online.