Dropping WhatsApp? Nostalgia Drives Users to ICQ

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Hong Kong users are excited about an instant-messaging service they used as kids, a reminder of a less complicated era

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ICQ was a pioneering, mid-1990s internet messaging service then used on bulky PCs on dial-up. It was a precursor to AOL Instant Messenger, and was last in vogue when the TV show “Friends” was in its prime and PalmPilots were cutting edge.

It’s been modernized over the years, and now is an app for smartphones. Lately it has skyrocketed up Hong Kong’s app charts, with downloads jumping 35-fold in the week ending Jan. 12. “It recalls my childhood memories,” said 30-year-old risk consultant Anthony Wong, who used ICQ when he was in grade school. He has since connected with more than two dozen friends on the platform after some bristled this month at a

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The current ICQ developer is based out of Moscow? 🤔

Microsoft could have made the same power move with MSN...

I used icq to set up downloads on my pc when streaming on Napster was the shit. I loved that messaging service

As kids? 😂😂😂

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I used icq for years

You have a lot of time on your hands. What will we do about it. Absolutely nothing.

I think the servers are all in Israel

The unexplained weight loss does make me question it.

I remember ICQ. I found a woman from Malaysia on there and am now Facebook friends with her. Although, we don't interact much anymore.

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The only spot in town

ICQ? Are you kidding me? What year are we in?

WhatsApp is blocked in China, and now in Hong Kong.

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ICQ was far more complex than many of the systems today.

ICQ and AIM were the simpler times.

Yes! I loved ICQ as a teenager!

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