@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 days agoPioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNAwww.channelnewsasia.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1456arrow-down110
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minus-squareY|yukichigailinkEnglish3•3 days 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-23 days 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•3 days 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.
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.