
ICQ became the first widely adopted IM platform. ICQ was among the first stand-alone instant messenger (IM) applications-while real-time chat was not in itself new ( Internet Relay Chat (IRC) being the most common platform at the time), the concept of a fully centralized service with individual user accounts focused on one-on-one conversations set the blueprint for later instant messaging services like AIM, and its influence is seen in modern social media applications.


The ICQ client application and service were initially released in November 1996, freely available to download. Originally developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis in 1996, the client was bought by AOL in 1998, and then by Mail.Ru Group (now VK) in 2010. The name ICQ derives from the English phrase " I Seek You".

ICQ New is a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) and VoIP client. Russian, English, Portuguese, Ukrainian, German, Czech, French, Chinese, Turkish, Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese IOS, Android, ColorOS, Windows, MacOS, web application, Linux, (former platforms) Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, Java, Symbian OS, Symbian S60, BlackBerry OS, Bada, Amazon Fire, Palm Pilot, iMode View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.C++ ( Linux/ Windows/ MacOS), Objective-C/ Swift ( iOS), Java/ Kotlin ( Android) Look for males my age in the NY/NJ area, though, and I'm at prolly still in the top ten hits.maybe I'll reinstall ICQ on my machine tonight for a few laughs, see how many messages I've got waiting for me. I won't get into them, but I've hardly used ICQ since my twentieth birthday, when I got nearly 400(!!) e-cards.Anyway, I did some lookin' and realized I top the search criteria in a bunch of lists. Then the really weird messages started coming. I had some fun with it at first, because most of the girls seemed pretty cool, but it became old in a few weeks. At first I thought it was pretty funny because it was something I would expect from AOL, but this was just too weird. I mean I was getting messages from dozens of different brazilian females, just bsing and what else. Anyway, get this, it was mostly brazilian girls, my age View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif.

I had all my info in there for a while, but it was like all of a sudden I got published or something. So many that I actually gave in to society's pressure and began using AOLer (gasp!).Some time ago, IIRC it wasn't too long after the AOL purchase, I began getting flooded with dozens of messages a day. Left the 2400 on pumping treats in while I went to school View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gifAnyway, I've never gotten anything from anyone threatening or asking for my UIN, but I did get quite a bit of crazy messages. I pretty much was hooked from the start, and downloaded and played with just about everything that looked cool. DSavior - Hope I didn't cause much damage View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif When I first got on the internet everything was a blur.
