AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) signs off for good

[me-yeah]

i recall everyone using ICQ then jumping onto MSN messenger once it came out - less spam advert emails from people trying sending clickbait of "Britnee Spers nud piks" and without that part-endearing part-maddening eh-oh eh-oh like a deranged encapsulated telly tubby every time a message arrived. The interface was slicker, messaging was faster and ICQ was dumped within a year, whereas MSN lasted a good 5-6 years before everyone dropped it (about the same time facebook took off I think)

ICQ had a good 10 years, it disappeared after the 2008 b2 release, which is probably down to nobody patching the adverts on the message box out of the program

[DaMoot]

Your chat logs for Pidgin at least are in the .purple folder. If you don't use Pidgin, well, sucks for you maybe?