{"id":7357,"date":"2018-04-04T23:55:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T23:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7357"},"modified":"2018-03-27T23:56:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T23:56:30","slug":"linked-aol-instant-messenger-is-no-more-but-the-memories-will-last-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/04\/04\/linked-aol-instant-messenger-is-no-more-but-the-memories-will-last-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: “AOL Instant Messenger is no more, but the memories will last forever”"},"content":{"rendered":"

AOL Instant Messenger is no more, but the memories will last forever | Ars Technica<\/a>:<\/p>\n

For me, AIM is like that crossover between digital natives and the rest (is there a term?). I can remember a time before the Internet, but those online conversations and connections were hugely influential in my life during a formative time. It’s not the same for my husband, who is four years older than me. Being able to relate to that experience of digital connection\u2014and everything that goes with it\u2014makes me a millennial by more than just age.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I used AIM\u2019s away status religiously and met a lot of people on AIM some of which I\u2019m still in touch with. There were AIM directories online where you could tag your interests and see other people who shared interests with you and their screen names. One click later and you were talking to them. I traveled and stayed with people for free I met on AIM, found co-founders, friends and associates. For a de-centralized network with no face book like directory built in, it was surprisingly easy to meet new people and make friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AOL Instant Messenger is no more, but the memories will last forever | Ars Technica: For me, AIM…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-04-04T23:55:42Z","apple_news_api_id":"38f68c61-e80a-4aa8-8d4c-f2b4ac2106b7","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-04-04T23:55:45Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AOPaMYegKSqiNTPK0rCEGtw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1UF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6800,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/05\/01\/linked-aol-will-cut-off-older-third-party-app-access-to-aim\/","url_meta":{"origin":7357,"position":0},"title":"Linked: “AOL will cut off older third-party app access to AIM”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"May 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via ArsTechnica: On Tuesday, AOL (yes, it\u2019s still around) suddenly announced to users of AOL Instant Messenger (including yours truly) that it would be disabling older, and less-secure access to its network through at least one third-party messaging app (Adium) as of March 28. 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