Poll of the Day > AOL Instant Messenger to shutdown in december

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/10/06/rip-aim-aol-instant-messenger-dies-december/739076001/
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I had no idea it was still around
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I thought it would have shut down long ago.

I used MSN, '05-'08 era until everybody was on Facebook
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Probably doesnt help that they randomly deleted peoples accounts.

I used to use it a lot ceased after it died out and last year I randomly felt like logging in and my account name just didnt exist anymore.

I stopped using it when fb came up
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Oh shit i need to message my junior high crush before it shuts down

I'm honestly surprised it even still existed. I used AIM for a while way back when, then I moved to Yahoo, then to MSN Instant Messenger, and then to Skype where I still am now. I also have Discord, though Skype is still my primary chatting platform. Well, that and Steam, but it's not exclusively for talking. :P
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as others have said i'm surprised its even still around. does yahoo messenger still exist? I remember quitting that one when I think they shut down user made chat rooms and you could only use the ones they made and named.
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mooreandrew58 posted...

yahoo messenger still exist

They shut that down a year or so ago. Apparently people in the oil industry used it to a high degree.

Anyway, sucks to see it go. I haven't used it since like 2008. I use to enjoy chatting to various animators from Newgrounds and artist from Deviant and sheezy art. Not to mention forums such as this one and the Adult Swim boards back in like 2003. I met a lot of really cool, and interesting people on aim that I lost touch with when social media took over and we all drifted away.

Sucks that the last bastions of old online chat sans IRC is going away. From cutting my teeth in the MSN chat rooms, to aim/yahoo, msn, and skype. I've tried things like discord but its not the same nor as fun.

Still remember the last person I chatted to on aim. It was RikkuSwirls.
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Damn, I just got hit with a wave of nostalgia. My friend and I would talk on aim for hours. I even had my first "girlfriend" on AIM. Kind of sad a part of my childhood is officially dying, but that's life.

acesxhigh posted...

I thought it would have shut down long ago.

I used MSN, '05-'08 era until everybody was on Facebook

I miss msn it was the GOAT back in the day
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Used msn back in like 2000-2002

Once I got a phone texting was more convenient so I never looked back
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avatarmight posted...

I had no idea it was still around

It's like seeing a story about a celeb dying who you just assumed died ages ago.

Personally, I hadn't really touched it since 2002-2003 maybe so... yeah.
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I was still using it up until 2011 or so. More than a decade of using it. All things must come to an end.
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Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

yahoo messenger still exist

They shut that down a year or so ago. Apparently people in the oil industry used it to a high degree.

Anyway, sucks to see it go. I haven't used it since like 2008. I use to enjoy chatting to various animators from Newgrounds and artist from Deviant and sheezy art. Not to mention forums such as this one and the Adult Swim boards back in like 2003. I met a lot of really cool, and interesting people on aim that I lost touch with when social media took over and we all drifted away.

Sucks that the last bastions of old online chat sans IRC is going away. From cutting my teeth in the MSN chat rooms, to aim/yahoo, msn, and skype. I've tried things like discord but its not the same nor as fun.

Still remember the last person I chatted to on aim. It was RikkuSwirls.

Yahoo Messenger still exists, at least technically. They just forced people to migrate to their new client after redoing the protocol in a way that makes it useless (for example you can't tell if anyone is online). Also ICQ still exists in some form (as far as I'm aware AIM's closure isn't effecting them), there's XMPP (although no one really used it until Google took advantage of it), and a few other older regional chat programs that still exist.

Hm I still use my aol mail. But only for store promotions,online coupons and fantasy sports so it doesn't clutter my work and gmail accounts.

I imagine the mail portion is going away and not just the messenger but I haven't read anything on that. Hopefully not

AIM was my first love
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I remember using AIM with Trillian 15 years ago.
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avatarmight posted...

I had no idea it was still around

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avatarmight posted...

I had no idea it was still around

jsb0714 posted...

I remember using AIM with Trillian 15 years ago.

Yep. I'm getting hit with nostalgia, but I can't say it's an actual loss.
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I used msn messenger for a long time... Probably until FB became standard. ICQ before that. While I had AIM, I basically didnt use it.
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TimeForAction posted...

I imagine the mail portion is going away and not just the messenger but I haven't read anything on that. Hopefully not

AOL Mail and is staying. Among other things, Verizon switched all of its internet subscribers from its in-house email system to AOL Mail, so they have reason to keep that going atm.

jsb0714 posted...

I remember using AIM with Trillian 15 years ago.

Last time I used Trillian/AIM was to communicate with nudo when he was running his PotD D&D game about five years ago.

I used to use AIM on its own constantly back in the span from 1998-2004 or so. Always preferred it over ICQ, and it was basically my primary system for talking to people in real time online. I only really stopped using it when I stopped talking to people online in real time entirely.


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My AOL email is still my main email account. Been using it since the Christmas of 1995. I see no reason to change it to something else from google or any other service. It does its job.

Anyway, regarding AIM, used it religiously for years until about 2008 or so...that is when I first heard about Facebook at my 10 Year high school reunion.

I remember when AIM first started...it was exclusively on AOL's dial-up service first...it then exploded in popularity on the dial-up service that they rolled it out to everyone who didn't have AOL. When I first started using AIM in...1996? 1997?...I thought it was the greatest invention since...CAR PHONES! :D
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I remember being in 7th grade, huddled around my parents computer that was setup in the kitchen with a few other friends and asking girls for their bra sizes. Good times

jsb0714 posted...

I remember using AIM with Trillian 15 years ago.

I do that now.

Fuck, this is really bad. Not sure what to switch to and how it will all carry over w/ my aim contacts. Don't see some of them for weeks...

AIM is so good... Uses so little internet bandwidth that I literally had it running like a champ while internet was down, using it to get troubleshooting advice from a tech-savvy friend. And it has so many more features than cruddy facebook chat. Could even send large files through it.
Man, the first D&D game I ever ran as DM, I did through AIM chat w/ the aim dice bot... So many great memories.... This sucks :(

I haven't used AIM since 2005, but may it RIP.
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Shit, going back even further down memory lane, it was through AIM that I spent months messaging and flirting with the woman I'd eventually start dating and then marry. And now it's dying.
:(