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BZeto

Platinum Member
Apr 28, 2002
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I havent used ICQ in like 5 years and still remember my UIN# for some reason.
 

FeuerFrei

Diamond Member
Mar 30, 2005
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Well I quit chatting much after getting married. Then I got a new computer and never reinstalled ICQ. I'm sure I could still use my old number, whatever it was. I'm at work and can't check.
 

mugs

Lifer
Apr 29, 2003
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Originally posted by: DannyLove
its pretty sad some of you guys knew your number lol

And brag about a low number no less. ;)

I used it back before AOL bought it... it was good and it had some neat features, but I started using AIM because I had friends on AOL, and then it got to the point where all of my friends used AIM so I stopped using ICQ entirely.
 

0roo0roo

No Lifer
Sep 21, 2002
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it was good then aim took over. i liked how icq let you send offline messages, aim doesn't:( course aol bought icq, i think they wanted it to just die off
 

CraigRT

Lifer
Jun 16, 2000
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I still use ICQ.
I've had an account since 1996.
I definitely preferred it back in the day, but everyone jumped ship and went and started using more ass programs like MSN. :thumbsdown:
 

Mucho

Guest
Oct 20, 2001
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45411604 was my # I stop using it mainly because all my friends also had Yahoo or MSN
 

CrackRabbit

Lifer
Mar 30, 2001
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I use it every day, via Trillian. It was the superior IM client when it came out, and was until AOL bought it and started adding advertisements to it. Went all down hill from there.
The protocol is still great, even if the ICQ client software sucks.
 

RossMAN

Grand Nagus
Feb 24, 2000
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I remember back in the day when ICQ was all the rage.

Then AIM happened.

I liked how ICQ let you send messages offline, which Yahoo! IM and Skype also offer.
 

fustercluck

Diamond Member
Dec 29, 2002
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I think the Spam in ICQ was a big prob. Also ICQ kept releasing crappy versions, with ads in the window and that kinda stuff. Once i got trillian i've never looked back. I still remember my ICQ# by heart though.
 

BD2003

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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I'm still shocked they havent figured out a way to make all the services compatible...
 
Feb 19, 2001
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17222715...

Ok jk, that's my student ID #.. dont remember. I had 4 accts at least. The last one I stayed with for a long time because I tried to remember the #, and I used it for a good 6 months straight. Today, I don't know it anymore... this was like 4 years ago, and I got my first account back in 1998
 

Xenon

Senior member
Oct 16, 1999
774
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I had a 6 digit UIN. 29xxxx

Haven't logged on in over a year. Haven't used it in several years.
 

manlymatt83

Lifer
Oct 14, 2005
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Originally posted by: duragezic
I still log in everyday. A bunch of my friends still use it. AIM,MSN, and Yahoo are lame. I'm old school as fvck. My UIN is below 4 million, and my 1st was below 3 million. So I'm harsh as fvck as well.


I used ICQ 98a for as long as possible, then switched to Miranda. Anything after ICQ99 was just plain retarded, as it pretty much all of the other bloated and huge IM programs.



My UIN is below 1,000,000....

337538
 

SSP

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
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Originally posted by: DannyLove
its pretty sad some of you guys knew your number lol

Haha yah. All I know is, my number started with a 5. It got so bloated later on. You couldn't click a menu with out something with a million buttons popping up.

Also, ICQ was banned in most university dorm/residence so most of my friends and I converted to msn.
 

destrekor

Lifer
Nov 18, 2005
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AIM through GAIM FTW :)
AIM is the most popular, and GAIM = no bloat. best of both worlds.
 

Staples

Diamond Member
Oct 28, 2001
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AOL bought them, the client evolved into crap and everybody started using AIM and MSn because they actually kept adding more features where as ICQ never evolved past what it was in the late 90s. I still log on via Trillian but there is only one person on it that I talk to once a year or so.

And MSN now lets you send offline messages however they are unreliable. Sometimes people get them and sometimes they don't. MS needs to fix this. But With their pace of anything, it will be years to never until they examine this problem.