RIP AOL instant messenger

[Thebobo]

Used it for a long time was especially helpful to transfer large files in the early days. I wanted to log on again after some 7 years but account is gone. Mostly to see if any of my old friends were still there.

 

[brianmanahan]

i logged on to mine, but nobody else was on

amazing to remember how much time i spent on AIM 15-20 years ago

 

[SKORPI0]

Repost... 10/6 - 1:50pm.
https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/aol-instant-messanger-discontinued-12-15-2017.2521281/

 

[GeekDrew]

I haven't used AIM for years, but nonetheless feel such intense nostalgia. It's like an insanely significant part of my youth (well, late teens and early 20s) is being finally laid to rest. I know that had AIM not existed, some other client (ICQ?) would have taken its place, but damn.

https://youtu.be/WChTqYlDjtI (taps)

 

[OutHouse]

A/S/L

 

[Franz316]

I guess I can delete all my punters after that date

 

[evident]

Crazy how quickly aim fell into disuse after Facebook came out. Rip. I had an awesome 3 character screen name that was hard to get and remember how l33t it was. Hah