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ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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ICQ will stop working on June 26. It's encouraging users to migrate to a messaging app from Russia-based VK, its parent company.

I stopped using ICQ in the very early 00s. I didn't know anything of it still remained.

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[–] Crackhappy 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile IRC and Usenet are still doing fine.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Those are protocols, so the servers/services that run than can come and go. XMPP, which was at least inspired by ICQ, will probably be around forever, similarly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

OSCAR is a protocol too. And there were ICQ servers to run locally back then too. There also was some "ICQ for business" or similar.

I've also learned yesterday that people responsible for Escargot (MSN server) have another project, NINA, for AIM and ICQ.

So maybe these things will be reborn.

They seem to aim for implementing all of the AOL suite functionality. Maybe after they achieve that we'll see Xtraz and contact directory from ICQ working again. If that happens, I'm going to cry for a few hours. EDIT: or weeks.