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.

  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.mlEnglish
    18·
    3 months ago

    It was very popular within my friends up until the skype merger. At that point they went “i aint usin skype lmao”

    • Konstant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Yep, same for me. IIRC Skype was a always on kinda app. Everytime you restarted the pc it would come up. Felt like malware.