What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? (www.techspot.com)

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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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[-] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 27 points 6 hours ago

I'm surprised no one mentioned Facebook.

I recall using MSN as far as in to 2009, but the friends I was connected with migrated to Facebook when their chat feature rolled out.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I recall using MSN as far as in to 2009, but the friends I was connected with migrated to Facebook when their chat feature rolled out.

another reason to hate facebook

[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 4 points 4 hours ago

Same, it was pretty much an instant change too. Which sucked as Facebook chat was very unreliable at the time and obviously not very feature rich.

[-] kevindqc@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

The article touches on that

The advent of social media and mobile devices couldn't be ignored either. These technologies were enabling new ways for people to stay in touch with friends and family that didn't involve a traditional computer.

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