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int_19h · 2020-04-09 19:31:33

I think the point is that people still remember the ICQ brand. Whether they did or did not use the actual ICQ client 15 years ago is less important.

sdegutis | karma 519 | avg karma 0.26 · | 2014-10-06 17:50:15+00:00

To this day I can't figure out how ICQ ever became popular, but yes I can vouch that there are still people who use it and probably always will.

Suppafly | karma 661 | avg karma 0.97 · | 2024-05-25 07:32:54

Holy shit, ICQ is still around? I assumed it died 20 years ago.

portugee | karma 22 | avg karma 3.67 · | 2017-04-25 11:37:39

My biggest takeaway from this article is that ICQ is still around.

vor0nwe | karma 37 | avg karma 1.95 · | 2018-03-27 12:35:55+00:00

ICQ still exists, doesn’t it?

petercoolz | karma 35 | avg karma 1.84 · | 2014-02-22 10:30:17+00:00

what exactly happened to ICQ? i haven't used it in years and years

tempestn | karma 12792 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2016-11-15 20:29:45+00:00

Apparently my memory is faulty, but I could have sworn I tried to find ICQ 10ish years ago and found it no longer existed. I guess what I likely found was that no one I knew used it anymore. I wonder whether they still have a significant group of dedicated users.

simonswords82 | karma 3218 | avg karma 3.38 · | 2013-08-24 11:35:00+00:00

Blimey I didn't know anybody still used ICQ!!

seesomesense | karma 175 | avg karma 0.8 · | 2016-11-16 07:39:35+00:00

ICQ is still around ? Impressive.

anonzzzies | karma 3456 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2024-05-25 06:18:09

TIL; icq still exists. Good memories.

choko | karma 649 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2017-10-06 15:52:35+00:00

ICQ lives on as well, though not under the original management. The account I created in the 90s still works.

guessbest | karma 598 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2021-03-01 20:43:25+00:00

ICQ was like that since the mid 90's.

Killswitch | karma 2178 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2012-04-05 22:34:35+00:00

Basically this... And so many old school peddlers have stuck with ICQ and it's just easier for them to keep using it instead of adopting a new modern form of instant messaging.

adrianN | karma 29995 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2016-10-09 16:22:36

A couple of years ago everybody had ICQ, at least here in Germany. I wouldn't say that it "didn't take off".

binalpatel | karma 507 | avg karma 4.53 · | 2016-11-15 20:30:06

I'm quite frankly amazed ICQ is still alive, I thought it was one of those things that had just died out some time ago.

v37p | karma 7 | avg karma 0.64 · | 2021-07-20 19:21:22

Didn't ICQ have this feature in the late 90s/early 2000s? I feel old saying that.

lwhi | karma 3163 | avg karma 1.85 · | 2021-03-01 11:43:18+00:00

This makes me think of ICQ .. whatever happened to that?

qzervaas | karma 3389 | avg karma 7.92 · | 2016-06-05 01:58:54+00:00

Things I learned: ICQ still exists.

cm2187 | karma 24483 | avg karma 3.15 · | 2016-11-15 21:12:12

The sad reality is that ICQ was more functional and cross platform than IM are on skype 20 years later...

sandos | karma 467 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2018-03-29 07:09:13

No, ICQ was the shit back then!