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Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)

submitted 6 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 49 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Everyone switch to IRC, quick!

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

mIRC/IRC is still going, right? Haven’t used that in probably a decade.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

As someone who has most of her socialization on IRC now... Eww, mIRC is proprietary and for Windows. Maybe it's just me having learned about IRC only a couple years ago and thus not having a sentimental attachment, but why use it if you have open-source ones like Hexchat, Irssi or Weechat?

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

I used mIRC for years, but as the days have marched on, XChat replaced it, and then irssi, and finally weechat on SSH.

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

For me, mIRC had a clunky but useful script editor included that 14 year old me spent countless hours creating little chatbots with

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

Mostly for tech communities but yes. Libera.Chat seems to be the go-to network.