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brrt ,

I just recently tried to log into my old icq account. It didn’t let me unless I provided a phone number so I noped the fuck out.

cyberpunk007 ,

Cell phones were not really "a thing" when I had icq. No way I'll remember my number. But I definitely used it for a time...

Dultas ,

Could always just use a temp number from a burner app.

Imprudent3449 ,

I just logged into mine. It asks for your phone number, but if you hit cancel it will let you in. I can't believe I remembered my number. Crazy.

A_Random_Idiot ,
@A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world avatar

ICQ was still around? I thought it died ages ago!

rottingleaf ,

It had. This thing only has branding in common. A different protocol, a different set of features (no contact directory), and while they had the old database of everything, they deemed a good idea to not preserve it, so old UINs don't exist.

CAVOK ,

That's a shame, I still remember mine. Weird how you can remember 7 random digits from 30 years ago...

A_Random_Idiot ,
@A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world avatar

I couldnt remember mine if you put a gun to my head, and it was only 5 digits

rottingleaf ,

I have some of mine somewhere with partial message history (in MS Access databases). But I don't remember them.

GeekFTW ,
@GeekFTW@lemmy.zip avatar

Hell I still remember my Nintendo Power membership number.

makkurokurosuke ,

My 8 digit UIN has been used as a password for a lot of things

Meanwhile I’ve no idea what’s my partners phone number

machinin ,

I met an interesting Argentinian girl through ICQ. A co-worker ended up getting their inbox filled with large attachments from an overseas office with fast internet. We were still on dial-up. We just had pop3 access, no online front end. I stayed in the office over night to download the files so the connection wouldn't be interrupted by someone else accessing the line. To pass the time, I downloaded ICQ and started chatting with the Argentinian girl. She introduced me to this song.

Great memories.

jupyter_rain ,
@jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

The Song is quite fitting for an overnight shift in an office :D

fleabomber ,
@fleabomber@lemmy.world avatar

o7

paddirn ,

I remember downloading almost the complete catalogue of Sega Dreamcast games through ICQ, along with plenty of rooms where “A/S/L?” was a common greeting.

sugar_in_your_tea ,

Old enough/yes please/anywhere you'd like

BradleyUffner ,

ICQ died the day they were bought by AOL.

Nurse_Robot ,

Damn, haven't used mine in about 2 decades, definitely can't remember anything about my profile to possibly access it

dan1101 ,
@dan1101@lemm.ee avatar

Same, I think my number would have been low because IIRC I was using ICQ with Trumpet Winsock on Windows 3.1.

bolexforsoup , (edited )
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code ,

18434
Will never forget it. So many good memories there

Kichae ,

Damn, five figures. Nice! 912800 here.

I had the app on my phone, just to check in on my friendslist. None of them had logged on since about 2004 or so, at the latest.

wjrii ,

I actually did forget mine. I think it was in the low six digits though, 2-something IIRC.

Bishma OP ,
@Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I don't remember mine, but it was a 5 digit that started with 42. I was very proud.

digdug ,

Ooh, you beat mine: 848330 (unfortunately, mine was hacked over 5 years ago, and by the time I realized, their logs didn't go back far enough for me to validate that I was the original owner)

mwproductions ,

1817807, here. Yours may be the smallest number I've ever seen.

hamid ,
@hamid@lemmy.world avatar

I beat you by a little 1816153

chiisana ,
@chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net avatar

WOW, 5 digits! You’ve got me beat! Not doxing myself because full name and all used for work; but I was a 6 digits UIN starting with 2 here.

Chozo ,
@Chozo@fedia.io avatar

I had no idea ICQ was even still operational. Good on them for making it as long as they did.

I was never an ICQ user, but it's always sad seeing such long-standing icons of the internet shut down.

billiam0202 ,

it’s always sad seeing such long-standing icons of the internet shut down.

A reminder of how much fun Web 1.0 was, not the walled-gardened, enshittified, corporatized, ad-riddled rage baiter it is now.

bassomitron ,

I always said way back in the early 2000s that once corporations figured out the internet, it and society in general would be very screwed. Their early attempts at trying to make things go viral and create engagement were laughably bad. Then they hired a bunch of psychologists and sociologists, bought up everything, and the rest is history.

rottingleaf ,

That's the same with one armed conflict that bothers me much. In the 90s there it was called "blood vs oil" by one charismatic man (who also correctly predicted how it'd go further, though), and, well, then "blood" won, and "oil" looked miserable - evil, dishonorable and defeated, all at the same time. But in 10 years they figured it out completely, in 20 years applied that power in every area they needed (mostly not military), in 25 had a big military victory, and now the situation really sucks from the looks of it.

BatrickPateman ,

What?

rottingleaf ,

You don't understand something - you either explain what you don't understand or you remain silent. This "what" implies my comment is something weird which it isn't, you're just slow or apparently lack ability for doing philosophy.

If it's the bad English, "what" is also utterly useless.

Num10ck ,

you failed to convey context, and meaning. your response to the what is worse.

rottingleaf ,

nuts

jaybone ,

lol. Posts shitty nonsense and is then an asshole about it.

skillissuer ,
@skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

big military victory around 2015-now? what the fuck are you talking about

rottingleaf ,

It's amazing how retards love to blame themselves being retarded on others.

The comment was specifically formed so that you wouldn't have to know the context except that USSR was breaking up in the 90s.

The meaning was that just like with the Web, it seemed that something good and new has happened and is stronger than something old and evil, and there won't be a payback later. Just like with the Web it seemed that it's open and global and can't be corrupted. (There in my example - it seemed that freedom of nations is now a principle to respect.)

skillissuer ,
@skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

take your meds or get some sleep

jaybone ,

Don’t mind the ramblings of Nostradumbass over here.

aesthelete ,

The early version of what's now Microsoft's game suite in Windows was one of the coolest things I've seen on the Internet. It was a virtual gaming village where you could go sit at tables and play chess or checkers or cards with people from around the world. It worked 100% fine on 14.4k dialup.

Microsoft bought whatever that was and completely ruined it, just like they ruin everything else they buy.

Murdoc ,

That just reminded me of something I tried that was similar, I think it was called Visual Chat? It looked like a 2D cartoon, but each person controlled an avatar and could move around and talk to each other, go to other rooms, change expression, gesture, etc.

Microsoft bought whatever that was and completely ruined it, just like they ruin everything else they buy.

It's like the Midas touch: they make it shiny, expensive, and of little use.

bus_factor ,

You probably mean Comic Chat. It was actually just an IRC client, and I think it's still usable (but frustratingly ineffective) today. But there is a website where you can convert IRC logs to it, I think.

Murdoc ,

Yes, that's the one! Boy, it's been a long time.

A_Random_Idiot ,
@A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world avatar

Man, I am so sad now.

I miss the original internet. Back when it was a place for nerds and geeks, before commercial exploitation and SEO and Adpocalypse

db2 ,

Good on them for making it as long as they did.

They didn't though, it was sold to a Russian company many years ago.

enleeten ,

A fate worse than death.

MapleEngineer ,
@MapleEngineer@lemmy.world avatar

I met my wife on ICQ. I had random chat turned on and she said, "Hello." That was a long time ago

Iheartcheese ,
@Iheartcheese@lemmy.world avatar

I met your wife there too.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

So what?

We all did.

kambusha ,

asl?

jawa21 ,
@jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

18/f/Sealand

cantrips ,

You sure it’s not 18/Jawa/Tatooine?

WorldwideCommunity ,

🤣

MapleEngineer ,
@MapleEngineer@lemmy.world avatar

She told me she talked to a guy who just wanted to talk about WoW and his favourite Linux distro. She gave up when he didn't make a move and decided to look for a real man. Was that you?

Iheartcheese ,
@Iheartcheese@lemmy.world avatar

Would have been WoW and Star Trek if it was me.

MapleEngineer ,
@MapleEngineer@lemmy.world avatar

Ah.

IlIllIIIllIlIlIIlI ,

Is she single?

Iheartcheese ,
@Iheartcheese@lemmy.world avatar

Decapitated. Whole big thing. We had a funeral for a bird.

Bishma OP ,
@Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Did she ever meet anyone interesting doing that?

Jk, of course. It was just too good of a setup to ignore.

MapleEngineer ,
@MapleEngineer@lemmy.world avatar

Not as far as I know.

macrocephalic ,

Me too. I hope they're different people

____ ,

I met someone I thought I'd marry there in the exact same way around '99.

That feature was powerful, and now we just can't be bothered because scammers and blah blah.

MapleEngineer ,
@MapleEngineer@lemmy.world avatar

So many scams.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/121c8136-8b32-476d-b79a-c6297c6b4473.png

FauxPseudo ,
@FauxPseudo@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@MapleEngineer@lemmy.world avatar

Did that line get you laid a lot?

FauxPseudo ,
@FauxPseudo@lemmy.world avatar

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.

HarbingerOfTomb ,

And now you have grandchildren?

MapleEngineer ,
@MapleEngineer@lemmy.world avatar

Not yet. Our son isn't quite 16 and our daughter is 18 and into girls. It may take a few years yet.

downhomechunk ,
@downhomechunk@midwest.social avatar

Did you wait until your wedding night to cyber for the first time?

MapleEngineer ,
@MapleEngineer@lemmy.world avatar

Uh...no. It was all about sex. The whole getting married thing was an accident.

someguy3 , (edited )

Uh oh!

*My favorite random icq sound finding it's way into music https://youtu.be/nZHFy3YfagU

Bonesince1997 ,

I hear you

Bishma OP ,
@Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

That's what my wife said when I told her.

mspencer712 ,

They probably got the sound file from the Visual C++ 4.2 CD’s samples folder. That’s where ICQ got it from.

someguy3 ,

Seeing as it's not in the official song, I think it's from a bad rip or something.

rooroo ,

Also this beat by little simz

Boozilla ,
@Boozilla@lemmy.world avatar

Haven't used it in many years. But I remember having a lot of fun with it in the 90s. A friend from the UK told me about it, and we used it to stay in touch.

Brkdncr ,

ICQ was still on?

Bonesince1997 , (edited )

Right?! Like it wasn't already shutdown. The news is that it was still operational!

Edit: grammar

captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

I know, right? ICQ managed to survive when MSN, Yahoo and AIM were all killed by Facebook Messenger?

HarbingerOfTomb ,

Shit I wished I'd known

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