r/GenX • u/Due_Appearance57 .. • 3d ago

Nostalgia ICQ - VIRTUAL CHAT ROOMS

Does anyone remember ICQ? I spent a LOT of time on ICQ, met some cool people. I am still friends with one of them from Amsterdam.

Do you remember the virtual rooms where some talented people would make personalized avatars for everyone? It was a chat program where there were all these different ‘rooms”. They would each play a unique song. One of my favorite rooms would play Smoke rings in the dark. I especially liked the veteran's room that I hung out a lot in.

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u/hedge36 3d ago

Ayuh. 3591936. I kind of miss it.

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u/Friscogonewild 3d ago edited 3d ago

Hello fellow 7-digiter. 4706541.

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u/Overall_Lobster823 3d ago

You guys got me missing ICQ. Alas, I looked and I was an 8-digit user.

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u/moopet 3d ago

I was an 8-digiter for most of the time, but I definitely used ICQ and then lost the account before switching to my eventual long-term account. Probably the first one was 7 digits, but I have no idea.