Do you ICQ?

can’t recall my icq number but i did have the manual that came with the free installation cd.

I’ve never used ICQ but yes it was really popular way back then. I was uber “manol” about messengers during the 90’s. hahaha

“Uh-oh”!

Customized my YM to still scream uh-oh when a PM comes.

I’d like to think of it as the SuperNES of IM’s – not so relevant anymore, but a true vintage classic.

It’s funny how people think those days, common numbers? Maybe their using a numeric keypad.

lol ym owns

trying to remember my ICQ no. back in 1999 caused me to have a headache right now. i wasn’t really interested in it until my then new girlfriend created an account for me.

my cousin met his wife through ICQ. when they both learned they’re from our province, my cousin went back here from Singapore and a year later got married, thanks to ICQ.

heard of it too..but never really used it

early years back, when i first subscribed my first internet plan with mosaic communications. (imagine 450 pesos for 10hours :o) that’s when i was 2nd year high, my account number was 7-digit.
i can still remember my account info and use it with meebo now. i find their sms service to be useful. where my contacts are from overseas, they can just sms me. and then thats when i go online.

I had an account when I was still in college. I remember the SMS feature as well as the associated email account feature. Too bad they were overtaken by other IMs today. My favorite in ICQ is the search feature wherein you’ll input the characteristics of people you’d like to chat with.

Still very popular in China and I like playing War Sheep.

I used to use ICQ back in 97 up to 2000 then dropped out of IM a together. I only got back to the IM scene when gtalk came along since it works seamlessly with gmail.

and yeah the ICQ # thing is a hard thing to remember, I know I can’t remember my old id lol!

ICQ was real nice in the start but then it started getting bulkier and bulkier and slower to load, they were adding so much, they should have kept it simple.

@Doc Harry

I think AOL bought and still owns ICQ. AIM, I think, was the first to interconnect with the ICQ network.

mine was 107064471 :D

I was an early ICQ user, as a matter of fact, I had just a 4 digit ICQ number. Like you, Abe, I don’t chat any longer. It is too time consuming – a time waster, and if you get to the point where you have a large number of readers on your site, you sign on to something like ICQ or YM and you’ll be busy chatting all day because so many people will be wanting to talk. Unfortunate, but that’s how it is.

i’ve heard and seen it before sa mga cafes since college days, but never catch my eye to use it. IRC is much a better place for meeting dates/friends.

t’was replaced by YM coz most of us uses the YahooMail. it is good to use webservices under one roof.

icq.. uhmmm what is that again?

oh my god , this is my old time favorite before college. I used to chat with my gf via ICQ during high school, then in college suddenly everyone uses MSN. So like Yuga said, trend come and go, that’s it. I can’t barely remember my ICQ number. :P