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by nasredin 3106 days ago
Hmmm.

I thought they were both instant messengers, just AIM was more popular in US and ICQ was more popular in Israel and Eastern Europe.

One distinct feature AIM had were the IRC-like chat rooms.

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You may be confused WRT an ICQ "offline messaging" feature, which IIRC allowed one to send messages to offline contacts, who would see the message when they signed in.

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Also in case you didn't know: ICQ is a (too lazy) of "I Seek You".

1 comments

They were both "instant messengers." But their interface was different enough to lead to different behavior.