It was the late 90s, social media platforms like Facebook didn't yet exist, texting was in its infancy, email was very popular, instant messaging was up for...

The bottom of the article links to the history (individual features) of other IM programs from that era as well like ICQ and Yahoo Messenger.

  • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I think this is another one of those cases where the US does something different to the rest of the world: the majority of people were using msn messenger but the US was using aim.