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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    8 days ago

    I knew it wasn’t spelled exactly like the bird lol. But yeah I used that shit for years. I don’t really have a use for it anymore or I’d probably still be using it

    • WildPalmTree@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      “A pidgin /ˈpɪdʒɪn/, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages.”

    • toynbee@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      I used it all the way up until Google broke compatibility with it, then continued using it with a third party plug-in until that stopped being maintained.

      Now I prefer Signal over Chat.