[sonicanatidae]

ICQ - 6 digit address. It's 30+ years old at this point. I still use it once in awhile.

Sadly, my Compu-Serve account no longer works. :|

[BjoernKW]

To this day, I still remember my ICQ number from back in the nineties. However, unfortunately the same doesn't apply to the password and I can't seem to be able to reset it.

[sonicanatidae]

I still know my password. :)

I did have someone try to take it over about a decade ago, but the email it was linked to was still active, so GL!

Apparently, a 6digit address is worth about $50 on Ebay, or was the last time I checked.

[jghn]

> I did have someone try to take it over about a decade ago

I either didn't have mine linked to a recovery email or lost access to that email account. Tried to get back into the account somewhere in the aughts but no longer knew the password, and thus was out of luck. But then I discovered some years later that someone else had taken it over, as it was associated with some Russian thing. Oh well.

[eloisant]

What do you use ICQ for?

I stopped using it when it became pretty much just a dating service.

[sonicanatidae]

I have a few friends from back in ICQs heyday that still use it. It's kind of a running joke. One of us will fire up a client and login, then email the others asking, "where in the hell is everyone" and we'll use it for a week, then it fades again, until a few years later, someone fires up a client, and emails the others asking, "where in the hell is everyone"... ;)

I also like keeping ancient accounts. I've been on some form of the internet since 300bps modems, so I have a number of ancient accounts that I'll pile up, and when I die, they'll be given to my partner, so they can hang on to them, until they pass. Some day, 371 years down the road, a small child will hold a sheet of paper with these accounts on them and wonder what in the hell was wrong with people 400 years prior. lol

edit: That compuserve line wasn't a joke. I still know my username/password from those days.