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Originally Posted by PenisFace
Why the webmaster community hasn't used a simpler less bullshit prone program is beyond me. As soon as someone says ICQ me, I say fuck no and never speak to them again  |
Are you serious? You avoid people over ICQ.
People try to bring this up every couple months. ICQ really is not going anywhere. Everyone but newer webmasters seem to know this. If you do not like ICQ, just get something that is compatible with ICQ. Actually that shows how trenched into everything it is. Other companies make sure whatever they release is compatible with ICQ and remains compatible with it and all newer versions.
Early on when the community was not that big (a great deal less people were around than claim they were around back then) people chose to use ICQ. It had a history function and most importantly it allowed both file transfers and allowed people to send offline messages to people. Others came but nobody really added the offline messages feature. Then at one point a company dumped some good money into developing one just for webmasters. It eventually failed before it got traction. Some gave it an honest shot. They had to turn back to ICQ and nobody likes re-adding tons of users to a program. From that point on it would be ICQ forever. At times the only way to find people would be ICQ messages as they were almost out of the industry and did not just give out email addresses.