always been curious..why ICQ on here and not MSN?
 

is it because ICQ connection is more secure and convos cant be easily tracked? or is it because people dont want to mix it with their social everyday msn life?

IMHO it's cause ICQ came out first, thus there's some sort of *monopoly* when it comes to that. I use Gaim and can chat with most popular IMs out there...

I always have MSN open for general talk with friends, usually not biz related.

ICQ for the rest...

It's because people in adult like to brag about their six-digit ICQ number; kind of like a post-count thing.

hmmm still think its cuz they dont want it to assoicate with their email and its seperate from their daily life and maybe more secure

One beats the other alphabetically.

Both suck.

No, trust me.

It's an insecurity thing, plus the inability to adopt new technologies. -- Just think how long basic authentication has been the mainstay of adult site security... or how many sites look alike, etc.

People say the adult industry "leads" the internet, but in many, many ways, it doesn't; including the people.

One reason is ICQ numbers aren't the biggest target of spam. If a bot sees an @ it grabs it and sends a ton of e-mails a day. But ICQ is just a number. I feel a lot better putting icq in my sig than an e-mail addy (which MSN needs).

icq just has been the standard since day 1

Just as grandfather cause. it was the first back in 98 to be popular

Actually yahoo was more popular for a while but then they tried to charge in 2001 and icq got there base as well.

I've never used anything but ICQ.

And yes.. I have a 6 digit ICQ number.

PK

It's not made by Microcrap, and it doesn't require you to upgrade it in order to sign on everytime they put out a new release.

because it was the first program to save history everyone got on board and it stayed that way.

uhm,
this is a faq

I think its because ICQ was one of the first that allowed delayed messenging... if the other party was offline, you could still send a message and the server would hold it until the other side logged on. Plus, it was the first IM program on the market. If they had gotten their shit together and not bloated their website so badly, they might still be the powerhouse they once were...

Back in the day we used to use a program called talk.exe to chat with each other - we used to have to email each other ip addresses and then manually connect.

I believe ICQ came before MSN, or at least before MSN was popular.

You guys all complain about ICQ. I use it daily and have no problems. In fact, it works perfectly for me.

When I started out ICQ was the only option and so it has stayed....

MSN is like a toy. ICQ is for business.

I don't chat and shoot the shit with people so I only use ICQ.


...unless Beth wants to shoot the shit. Then I will do it on ICQ.

When I got on the net, everyone used ICQ so I did too. I still use AIM though, but just between a few close friends. I have an MSN nick but rarely ever use it.

Correct.

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I got both. It's more than enough :)

why not AIM?

diff programs work work and play. seperating business from friends.

speaking of icq, does anyone else have problems connecting to it at this moment?

because ICQ rox