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.

  • Orbital@infosec.pubEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I never knew anybody who used it. I had one contact on ICQ. Everybody else used AIM.

    • infeeeee@lemm.eeEnglish
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      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
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        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!