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		tored on May 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ICQ will stop working from June 26 Official ICQ client got bloated for every release. Security issues and lots of spam. Miranda IM, open source plugin based architecture, was the best client for ICQ. There was a fun plugin that notified you if anyone read your away message. Good trolling potential.

godzillabrennus on May 24, 2024 [–]

I remember when Pidgin was my defacto chat app because it had all of the platforms and none of the bloat.

inversetelecine on May 24, 2024 | [–]

and it's brother Adium on OS X.

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