ICQ will stop working on June 26. It's encouraging users to migrate to a messaging app from Russia-based VK, its parent company.

ICQ will stop working on June 26. It’s encouraging users to migrate to a messaging app from Russia-based VK, its parent company.

I stopped using ICQ in the very early 00s. I didn’t know anything of it still remained.

  • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I always said way back in the early 2000s that once corporations figured out the internet, it and society in general would be very screwed. Their early attempts at trying to make things go viral and create engagement were laughably bad. Then they hired a bunch of psychologists and sociologists, bought up everything, and the rest is history.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      6 months ago

      That’s the same with one armed conflict that bothers me much. In the 90s there it was called “blood vs oil” by one charismatic man (who also correctly predicted how it’d go further, though), and, well, then “blood” won, and “oil” looked miserable - evil, dishonorable and defeated, all at the same time. But in 10 years they figured it out completely, in 20 years applied that power in every area they needed (mostly not military), in 25 had a big military victory, and now the situation really sucks from the looks of it.

        • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          6 months ago

          It’s amazing how retards love to blame themselves being retarded on others.

          The comment was specifically formed so that you wouldn’t have to know the context except that USSR was breaking up in the 90s.

          The meaning was that just like with the Web, it seemed that something good and new has happened and is stronger than something old and evil, and there won’t be a payback later. Just like with the Web it seemed that it’s open and global and can’t be corrupted. (There in my example - it seemed that freedom of nations is now a principle to respect.)

        • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          6 months ago

          You don’t understand something - you either explain what you don’t understand or you remain silent. This “what” implies my comment is something weird which it isn’t, you’re just slow or apparently lack ability for doing philosophy.

          If it’s the bad English, “what” is also utterly useless.