ICQ will stop working on June 26. It’s encouraging users to migrate to a messaging app from Russia-based VK, its parent company.

I stopped using ICQ in the very early 00s. I didn’t know anything of it still remained.

  • Flying Squid
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    196 months ago

    How do you people remember your ICQ numbers? I don’t remember what I did last week half the time.

    • @sunbeam60
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      46 months ago

      I used mine in my mail signature for a while and I’ve kept all my emails since late 90s.

      • Flying Squid
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        66 months ago

        Fair. My current mail signature has a dead link in it and I can’t be bothered to do anything about it.

            • Orbituary
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              26 months ago

              “I can’t be bothered to update my signature” - you could fix it in half the time it takes to post here. It’s just a weird… I’d say flex, but it’s the opposite. It’s like a sag or deflation.

                  • Flying Squid
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                    16 months ago

                    Well that can’t be true. I don’t care because I’m lazy and you’re making an effort.

    • @radicalautonomy@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I am autistic.

      Seriously, though, diagnosed autistic and I remember numbers exceptionally well.

      • ICQ number 6725571
      • Pi to 260 decimal places
      • My ex-wife’s driver’s license number
      • My 11-digit Blockbuster employee numbers from the two stores I used to work at
      • The nine-digit employee numbers of a few employees under me from when I worked at Six Flags in 1994
    • @ratherstayback@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      26 months ago

      For some reason, I never used the “save login info” feature as a teen, I didn’t trust that it was safe, so I typed it every time. Hundreds, if not thousands of times over the years. So even after 15 years or so of not using it, I still remember.

    • 👍Maximum Derek👍OP
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      6 months ago

      For some reason short strings of digits have always stuck really well in my memory. I still remember my high school locker combos and every phone number I’ve ever had.

      • Orbituary
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        36 months ago

        813-823-6615 was my childhood number until I was 10. My mom sang it to us. Never thought to remember my lock code. 0-31-10.

        • @radicalautonomy@lemmy.world
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          26 months ago

          I taught my kids our address and my telephone number through songs when they were little. Music makes learning abstract things like that way easier. I teach the quadratic formula wihh a song to my Algebra students every year.