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minus-square@deranger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish37•edit-26 months agoRIP 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.
minus-squareY|yukichigailinkEnglish21•6 months ago86336930 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.
minus-square@Dalraz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish10•6 months ago2728604 checking in, man i miss those days
minus-squareMaestrolinkfedilink4•6 months ago22421382 here. I can’t believe I still know that number by heart after 20+ years.
minus-squarer00tylinkfedilink3•6 months agoPretty 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
minus-square@AbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months ago52 million seems high for that timeframe.
minus-squareY|yukichigailinkEnglish3•6 months agoI’m not sure how the numbers were doled out, but in 2000 it was a big deal having a sub-9-digit ICQ number.
minus-square@AbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-26 months agoMaybe 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.
minus-square@TexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoI 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.
minus-square@deranger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoYeah, you’re right. I was playing Tribes 2 around that time and it came out in 2001.
minus-square@state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months ago2452680 reporting in
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.
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.
2728604 checking in, man i miss those days
22421382 here. I can’t believe I still know that number by heart after 20+ years.
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
52 million seems high for that timeframe.
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.
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.
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.
Yeah, you’re right. I was playing Tribes 2 around that time and it came out in 2001.
691948 here.
2452680 reporting in
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