AOL stripping us of the ability to face one on AIM

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AOL stripping us of the ability to face one on AIM

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Shutting down on Dec 15th with no current plans for replacement:

https://help.aol.com/articles/aim-discontinued
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thank goodness kevin and leon worked so hard to embed an emergency backup version of AIM into the forum's code

just hit alt+F4 to bring it up, and sign in using your classic AIM username; I'm explodinggrandma - hit me up
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I was trying to think of a joke marrying pedophiles and the song "thanks for the memories" but can't quite pull it together.
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I'm not emotionally prepared for this. It's fucking me up bad.

1. It took like 4 hours but I finally got a verison of AIM working on my desktop.

2. I tried unsuccessfully to recover/sign on to my Eight Bit Alien account; no go.

3. I will be signed in as Telnet4000 until the cutoff date. Until the bitter fucking end.

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I'm signed in too using Pidgin
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When I heard this news I had a dizzying moment of vivid nostalgia.

This fucking world and life are so truly strange.
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I totally made telnet4000's floppy drive spin up
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I'm online as nihiliter

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Dear AIM user,

As a reminder, AIM will be discontinued in 10 days and will no longer work as of December 15, 2017. Before December 15, you can continue to use the service. As of December 15, you will no longer have access to AIM and your data will be deleted. If you use an @aim.com email address, your email account will not be affected and you will still be able to send and receive email as usual.

We loved working on AIM for you. As we move forward, all of us at AOL (now Oath) are excited to continue building the next generation of iconic brands and life-changing products for users around the world.

You can visit our FAQ to learn more. Thank you for being an AIM user.

Sincerely,
The AOL Instant Messenger team
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OATH
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