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What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? (www.techspot.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

WhatsApp (& mobile internet in general) replaced it for me. It's no longer a requirement for both my friends and myself to be at our computers at the same time to talk shit to each other.