[pollyturples]

MySpace: 16 years (2003–2019) Friendster: 12 years (2002–2013) Google+: 8 years (2011–2019) Vine: 4 years (2013–2017) Orkut: 10 years (2004–2014) Path: 8 years (2010–2018) Yik Yak: 4 years (2013–2017) Meerkat: 2 years (2015–2017) Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger): 15 years (1999–2014) AIM (AOL Instant Messenger): 20 years (1997–2017) ICQ: Ongoing (since 1996) but significantly declined after the early 2000s Yahoo Messenger: 20 years (1998–2018) Bebo: 14 years (2005–2019, relaunched in 2021) Google Wave: 2 years (2009–2011) Ping (Apple): 2 years (2010–2012) Discord: 8 years (2015-)

so clearly discord is inherently different and here to stay forever! /s

feels like time is a circle sometimes ha

[TeMPOraL]

Even with services that lived over a decade, it's not clear whether messages were accessible for all that time. E.g. Google Talk/Meet/Whatever seemingly lost all messages before ~2013. Links to Facebook posts tend to die quickly, as both users and Meta itself seem to constantly play with privacy features. Etc.

[tsterin]

I really like your point (I'm one of bbchallenge maintainers). I think that Discord is close to optimal for us in the short term, but bad for the reasons you and other have mentioned mid/long term.

[yzydserd]

ICQ 1996- June 26th, 2024.

It’s shuttering.