R.I.P AOL Instant Messenger

[carl320]

[urlhttps://money.cnn.com/2017/10/06/technology/aim-shuts-down/index.html][/url]

Not sure about posting my AIM username, but this was something I used a lot when I went to college in the early 2000s.  Haven't used it much since because the people I chatted with (including some people from dt.net) migrated to other media.  I haven't logged in for a few years myself.  So farewell AIM, you will be missed.

[Anguyen92]

AIM was still alive until now?  I imagined that thing died a horrible death by the time things like Skype and Discord became a huge thing.

[Adami]

Yea, I had assumed this died like 15 years ago.

[ReaperKK]

Man I can’t believe it’s being killed off, after ICQ AIM was mynmost used messenger through middle school to high school.

[Herrick]

I forgot about AIM. I started using another program many years ago where you could link AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and other stuff to one account. I forgot what it was called. I haven't used it in a very long time.

[BlobVanDam]

AIM was still alive until now?  I imagined that thing died a horrible death by the time things like Skype and Discord became a huge thing.

I assumed it died like a decade before Discord was even a thing at all. Even MSN has been dead for like 5 years now.

[Bolsters]

I started using another program many years ago where you could link AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and other stuff to one account. I forgot what it was called.

Pidgin?

[Anguyen92]

AIM was still alive until now?  I imagined that thing died a horrible death by the time things like Skype and Discord became a huge thing.

I assumed it died like a decade before Discord was even a thing at all. Even MSN has been dead for like 5 years now.

Honestly, I don't know why I stated Discord.  The proper program around that time that sense doom for AIM would have been something like Teamspeak.

[BlobVanDam]

AIM was still alive until now?  I imagined that thing died a horrible death by the time things like Skype and Discord became a huge thing.

I assumed it died like a decade before Discord was even a thing at all. Even MSN has been dead for like 5 years now.

Honestly, I don't know why I stated Discord.  The proper program around that time that sense doom for AIM would have been something like Teamspeak.

I don't personally put Teamspeak or Discord in the same category as Skype/AIM, because they took the concept in a slightly different direction.

[JayOctavarium]

I started using another program many years ago where you could link AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and other stuff to one account. I forgot what it was called.

Pidgin?

Pidgin was the shit.  I was so stoked when I figured out how to link all of my chat apps into one.

[The Walrus]

I started using another program many years ago where you could link AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and other stuff to one account. I forgot what it was called.

Pidgin?

Pidgin was the shit.  I was so stoked when I figured out how to link all of my chat apps into one.

I thought that was the coolest thing ever. I used Trillian for a couple years before Pidgin because I thought, visually, it was far easier on the eyes. Can't remember why I went to Pidgin but both were fantastic programs.

[Cool Chris]

Hey everyone in this thread... a/s/l?

[JayOctavarium]

Hey everyone in this thread... a/s/l?

This brought back a memory. When I was young, like 12, I used to hang out in the AOL Teen chat rooms. I wound up getting banned for bringing up Deep Throating. Mind you.. I had no idea what the term meant, as my older brother told me to ask for it in chat.

Right after I got banned, I had like 3 people (presumably girls) message me offering to fuck me. I proceeded to turn off the computer and legit ran out of the room my computer was in

[ReaperKK]

Spoiler alert Jay, those were dudes who messaged you.

[cramx3]

Spoiler alert Jay, those were dudes who messaged you.

 

cramx3 goes back to aol 95 days, AIM was a big part of high school before texting and cell phones and eventually things like facebook and skype.  See ya!

[JayOctavarium]

My first real relationship started on AIM and Yahoo Messenger.  I mean.. I knew her in person... we were in high school, but that's where we did all of our chatting (as I didn't really have a cell phone for texting at first.)

 AIM also holds a (bad?) memory with me regarding my dad's death.  My cousin (who was much older than me) and I used to chat on AIM a lot in the mornings.. especially during the times I wasn't physically in "school". We'd usually chat and debate about shit we read in our local newspaper online, and one morning we were talking about an unnamed motorcyclist killed accident that we had read about. After like half an hour she goes quiet. I figured her boss (Aka her dad ) got on her ass... but then i get a call from her informing me that the accident we were talking about was my Dad.

I don't mean to go into a depressing poor me rant, but that just shows all the memories I have with AIM. It was a bigger part of my life than I realized.

I feel like I need to log into my AIM account #OneLastTime

[The Walrus]

Hey everyone in this thread... a/s/l?

This brought back a memory. When I was young, like 12, I used to hang out in the AOL Teen chat rooms. I wound up getting banned for bringing up Deep Throating. Mind you.. I had no idea what the term meant, as my older brother told me to ask for it in chat.

Right after I got banned, I had like 3 people (presumably girls) message me offering to fuck me. I proceeded to turn off the computer and legit ran out of the room my computer was in

That's hilarious.

One time I was 10 and in an IRC chat. Clicked on a link, and window after window popped up with goatse, lightning fast. I turned off the monitor, unplugged the computer and didn't come back for a couple hours 

[MetalJunkie]

I forgot about AIM. I started using another program many years ago where you could link AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and other stuff to one account. I forgot what it was called. I haven't used it in a very long time.

Trillian.

[Cable]

I used it a lot in it's heyday, from like 1998-2006. ICQ was superior IMO, but AIM was simpler and therefore more people used it. I talked a fair amount to my exes on there, will be weird not to use it in initial relationship stages like I did in the past!

[jasc15]

I forgot about AIM. I started using another program many years ago where you could link AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and other stuff to one account. I forgot what it was called. I haven't used it in a very long time.

Trillian.

same here.  I would set the transparency to like 10 % while at work so nobody could see from a distance.  Also with aim, my wife and I developed the beginnings of our relationship chatting so often.  It really facilitated a different level of communication and openness that, were it not for aim, allowed us to really understand eachother since we are both pretty quiet and reserved.

[Herrick]

I started using another program many years ago where you could link AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and other stuff to one account. I forgot what it was called.

Pidgin?

Pidgin was the shit.  I was so stoked when I figured out how to link all of my chat apps into one.

I thought that was the coolest thing ever. I used Trillian for a couple years before Pidgin because I thought, visually, it was far easier on the eyes. Can't remember why I went to Pidgin but both were fantastic programs.

I forgot about AIM. I started using another program many years ago where you could link AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and other stuff to one account. I forgot what it was called. I haven't used it in a very long time.

Trillian.

Yes that was it! Trillian. Good times. I never heard of the Pigdin program.

[ReaperKK]

Trillian was still being used st the help desk I worked at last year

[Chino]

My screen name was "HereB4meIsMySoul" (Learning to Live)

[black_biff_stadler]

Hey everyone in this thread... a/s/l?

36/not any time recently/Louisiana

[Ben_Jamin]

Me and my friends would use AIM a lot. But where I had fun in my teens was Yahoo Chat.

[PetFish]

I really miss the ICQ "uh-oh" sound whenever I got a message.

[carl320]

Hey everyone in this thread... a/s/l?

36/M/Somewhere in Time

[MirrorMask]

Hey everyone in this thread... a/s/l?

I hated conversations starting like that 

I really miss the ICQ "uh-oh" sound whenever I got a message.

Me too! I still have ICQ but I use online simulators, I don't have it installed since forever. Still my favorite chat program along MSN.

[ReaperKK]

I'd love an icq theme for my imessages app

[JayOctavarium]

My screen name was "HereB4meIsMySoul" (Learning to Live)

NERD...


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I love it.

[faizoff]

I too as everyone was surprised to learn that messenger has been on this whole time. I think this was the very first account I had for any kind of messaging service way back in 98 I believe. It was something like phaizeoff.

Well can't say I'm going to miss it because I don't.

[Chino]

I'm really curious to know what the daily active users count was before the plug was pulled.

[BlobVanDam]

I'm really curious to know what the daily active users count was before the plug was pulled.

And if any of them were under the age of 50.

This is like when you found out a really old celebrity died at age 95, and you're surprised because you just assumed they died a decade ago.

[Cyclopssss]

Before I had MSN, I used AOL once in a while, until I ran up a gigantic Phone-bill! And is it just me or did every other conversation with a female counterpart turn into a sexual convo? 

[Adami]

And is it just me or did every other conversation with a female counterpart turn into a sexual convo?

Well yes and no. They did turn into sexual convos, but every other female counterpart was a dude.