[kerng]

For me what killed MSN Messenger was Microsoft. I would have not had a need to ever use FB Messenger were it not for the merge of Skype and Messenger. Both Skype and Messenger were good back then by themselves, but the result of the merge wasn't so convincing for me. I literally only use Skype to talk with my parents - noone else even uses it anymore...

[Double_a_92]

I think MSN for me died when I finished middle school. Everybody kinda lost contact (going to different schools / apprenticeships) and we stopped writing.

Then new people I met (online and offline) were all using Skype. This was just right before Smartphones came out.

Then offline people slowly started joining Whatsapp or Facebook groups.

Online people stayed on Skype until Telegram took over a few years ago.