Post: #1

I gradually stopped using AIM back in 2006 when I got my first cell phone, but for some reason, this shutdown has me saddened by the news.

AIM was a huge part of my preteen and adolescent years. I was massively dorky and apprehensive about approaching girls I liked, so this was obviously the first tech crunch that allowed me to have distant friendships with girls. Surprisingly, I landed a few of my first girlfriends over AIM on the sheer basis we were both too insecure to talk to each other in real life.

Not to mention, going into the "personals" chat rooms to ask what were most likely old ugly dudes A/S/L?

I even recall a few adults using AOL to meet other people in the early 90s when the quality of the userbase was higher.

Regardless, the internet back in the 90s and early 2000s wasn't the cesspool of trash that it was today. Cell phones could only call and maybe text and AIM filled a void to continue conversations with friends once school ended.

For the nostalagic:

Post: #2

I remember flirting with bitches on MSN and Microsoft chat. Before texting you'd get their MSM handle and flirt/sext. Had my first experiences with crazy attention sluts just a pity its not that easy anymore.

Then they shut them down because pedos were getting easy access. Didn't stop facebook though!

Post: #3

A/S/L?

Post: #4

(12-08-2017 02:08 PM)Cr33pin Wrote:  A/S/L?

26 / Yes please / Australia

Post: #5

I remember using ICQ, as well. Is that one still around?

Post: #6

Didn't realise AIM was still a thing.

Takes me back to the days of first using the Internet, 15 years ago. Didn't really use it, though. I preferred MSN.

Post: #7

When I was 14, I used to use IRC to jerk off in the lesbian chat rooms. My name was SexyLily and I would always have "cyber sex" with Caroline01.

I felt like a goddamn king.

One day I told my buddy on the school bus about how I am fooling all these bitches and he got all excited and said "Me too bro, my name on there is Caroline01"

And so it goes.

Post: #8

(12-08-2017 07:00 PM)LINUX Wrote:  When I was 14, I used to use IRC to jerk off in the lesbian chat rooms. My name was SexyLily and I would always have "cyber sex" with Caroline01.

I felt like a goddamn king.

One day I told my buddy on the school bus about how I am fooling all these bitches and he got all excited and said "Me too bro, my name on there is Caroline01"

And so it goes.

Post: #9

I thought it shut down a couple of years ago.

Post: #10

(12-08-2017 07:00 PM)LINUX Wrote:  When I was 14, I used to use IRC to jerk off in the lesbian chat rooms. My name was SexyLily and I would always have "cyber sex" with Caroline01.

I felt like a goddamn king.

One day I told my buddy on the school bus about how I am fooling all these bitches and he got all excited and said "Me too bro, my name on there is Caroline01"

And so it goes.

I hope this is true. Gives me faith in humanity.

My primary email address is still on aol. It gets made fun of all the time. I've had it since probably 1997. I could write a book on ridiculous spam mail.

Post: #11

(12-08-2017 07:00 PM)LINUX Wrote:  When I was 14, I used to use IRC to jerk off in the lesbian chat rooms. My name was SexyLily and I would always have "cyber sex" with Caroline01.

I felt like a goddamn king.

One day I told my buddy on the school bus about how I am fooling all these bitches and he got all excited and said "Me too bro, my name on there is Caroline01"

And so it goes.

Hey now, no need to dox me bro.

Post: #12

I use to use ICQ.... i cant believe they are still around after doing a Google!!

Post: #13

(12-08-2017 06:31 PM)TigerMandingo Wrote:  I remember using ICQ, as well. Is that one still around?

I remember when AOL bought them and Winamp (I still use Winamp)

Post: #14

(12-08-2017 10:03 PM)IveBeenFramed Wrote:  

(12-08-2017 06:31 PM)TigerMandingo Wrote:  I remember using ICQ, as well. Is that one still around?

I remember when AOL bought them and Winamp (I still use Winamp)

WINAMP!!

Post: #15

So many memories in this thread.

Post: #16

(12-08-2017 10:24 PM)Buck Wild Wrote:  

(12-08-2017 10:03 PM)IveBeenFramed Wrote:  

(12-08-2017 06:31 PM)TigerMandingo Wrote:  I remember using ICQ, as well. Is that one still around?

I remember when AOL bought them and Winamp (I still use Winamp)

WINAMP!!

It really whips the llama's ass.

Post: #17

I never used AOL but I was a dedicated user of MSN messenger. Fuck, that was the main reason anyone I knew back then even had a hotmail email account. I was able to score a few bangs in the pre-cell phone era using social circle game to get to know a girl socially then get her email, add her to messenger and flirt with her online.

Ah, nostalgia.

Post: #18

(12-08-2017 10:40 PM)IveBeenFramed Wrote:  

(12-08-2017 10:24 PM)Buck Wild Wrote:  

(12-08-2017 10:03 PM)IveBeenFramed Wrote:  

(12-08-2017 06:31 PM)TigerMandingo Wrote:  I remember using ICQ, as well. Is that one still around?

I remember when AOL bought them and Winamp (I still use Winamp)

WINAMP!!

It really whips the llama's ass.

Winamp, home of most of my tracks downloaded off Limewire. Ah, the memories...

God save us from people who mean well. -storm

Post: #19

I still use Winamp, ’cause I still haven’t found a suitable replacement...

Post: #20

(12-09-2017 03:19 AM)Mr. D Wrote:  I still use Winamp, ’cause I still haven’t found a suitable replacement...

As long as I'm able to install Winamp and its associated plugins, that's what I'll use.

Post: #21

Ah AIM memories! I had totally forgotten about those times!

After a bit of searching around, I can't find a download link for AIM for Mac. Anybody got one? Was gonna fish around in there one last time.

Post: #22

(12-09-2017 03:19 AM)Mr. D Wrote:  I still use Winamp, ’cause I still haven’t found a suitable replacement...

If you haven't yet you could try AIMP, I switched some five years ago and never looked back, smaller memory footprint, and great playlist where things that initially got me to try it.

Post: #23

I actually lost my virginity to a girl I met in an AOL chatroom

Shit used to be fire for meeting girls!

Post: #24

How far we've come.

Post: #25

Yahoo messenger for me.

And Musicmatch Jukebox for mp3s. You could tag your mp3s not just with genre but with tempo and have auto generated playlists that would give you new ideas for what songs went together.