ICQ will stop working from June 26

[eri0o]

https://icq.com/desktop/en#windows

Just wanted to throw a thread on this. I distinctly remember ICQ being phased out by people and the transition to the MSN era.

[cat]

The end of an era. I was using ICQ a lot while at university. I don't remember when exactly I stopped using it and switched to Skype.

[Stupot]

I had no idea it was still going. I had an account at one point but rarely used it. I was all about MSN Messenger.

[Cassiebsg]

I noticed it.   

I was still using it. Albeit I was the only one still using it, all my friends/family moved to something else. But I liked having it there lingering, for those "old" friends to still be able to find me (if they wanted to).

[VampireWombat]

Wow... I don't think I've used ICQ in like 20 years.

[IndieWall]

I distinctly remember ICQ being phased out by people and the transition to the MSN era.

And it ended up outliving MSN.

It goes to show that there is something to be said for being a protocol over a platform. IRC is still going.

[Danvzare]

I literally thought ICQ was already dead. Nice to know it hung around a lot longer than I thought.

[milkanannan]

I literally thought ICQ was already dead. Nice to know it hung around a lot longer than I thought.

Me too. Now I'm wondering who was using it all these years.