IRC is still around and kicking. My friends and I use it all the time.
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Sergio@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
OK, but we demand IRC instead of AOL-IM.
dubs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
ElJefe@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
And Domino’s instead of Pizza Hut
somebody_to_love@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Give me back the golden era of Usenet!
Malica@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago Yahoo Messenger
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Maybe that’s why I still use IRC. I was doing this subconsciously all along.
jdr@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I want Pidgin or Trillian so I can talk to my friends on both MSN and Yahoo.
Also shoutouts to the brief period where everything was xmpp and Gmail could talk to Facebook and self-hosted.
cknight@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago Just one open source free platform would be fine. IRC with modern protocols for pics and video that can be viewed in the chat app of your choosing. Keep it simple, or add backgrounds. Mini chat boxes, or transparancy. Basic low resource use, or heavy, you decide, same open cross app platform.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
jdr@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Sure, and it’s nice, but the network effect is a removed
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Though if your friend is over and wants to check their msn, DO NOT LET THEM LOG IN TO YOUR TRILLIAN. It will merge your friends lists because Trillian followed a “one person many accounts” model, not a “many people each with many accounts” one.
HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 3 weeks ago Well, the IRC part is easy. Just got to connect and start chatting.
If you are interested, may I suggest irc.inthemansion.com/6697 join #lobby to get started Theres also a webchat available on the website :)
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s period appropriate, should be fine
gnufuu@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago uh oh
Enkrod@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
No, not ICQ
MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I loved ICQ! I’m sure some people thought it was a horrible idea to see people type in real time but to me it was peak messenging.
- cknight@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
I still know my ICQ number by heart, and a close friends too, who is lower than mine by about 50k. 140… and mine was 201…
Haven’t used em in about 25 years.
But then I also still know my childhood phone number.
- gnufuu@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
sad ship horn noises
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Both. Pagers with LCD or eink only. No LED screens.
- cknight@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
OLED. Can still use modern advances in practical tech. Can still have open source, modern kernel linux, modern ram and low power 3nm chips. Just keep all the tech simple and clean of marketing and addiction. All the good, less of the bad.
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Not sure that will work, ubiquitous video is still possible.
Ele7en7@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think I have my Advisor Gold around here somewhere
WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Yahoo or MSN.