Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA

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Didn't know this was still around, wow.

Technically wasn't. Some Russian company bought the rights and cleared old accounts at some point.

Not sure about the owner, but I was able to sign in and see my profile a few days ago. It was an account from maybe ‘96 or ‘97, and I hadn’t even attempted to sign in in at least 15 years.

Out of nowhere, I logged in like a month ago. Everything was still there (at least, my friends list was). Hadn't logged in since the early 2000s. A few weeks later, I heard it was being shuttered. Weird.