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.

  • infeeeee@lemm.eeEnglish
    35·
    14 days ago

    I was in highschool in the 2000s in Europe, and msn was our default way of communication with classmates.

    • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      14 days ago

      Yep, early 2000s in the UK and everyone was using MSN. I didn’t know a single person using AIM or ICQ!

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        14 days ago

        I can see why AIM would be mostly an American phenomenon, given it was initially a feature specific to AOL. ICQ…I like to say I’m 10 minutes too young to have used ICQ, everybody who has wistful memories of it were like the seniors when I was a freshman. Yahoo! was the other one; the perpetual alsoran.