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Re:ICQ will stop working from June 26 by davidpolberger on Friday May 24, 2024 @01:00PM (#40468109)
I know this doesn't add much value to the discussion, but I was really proud of my UIN when I was a teenager. And this may be my last chance to flaunt it, so here it is:

1779900

So back in the day, these were known as Universal Internet Numbers, or UINs. You have to admire the sheer audacity of using that name for the user identifiers of a service you're building. I believe they were renamed to "ICQ#" later.

Re:ICQ will stop working from June 26 by jtriangle on Friday May 24, 2024 @01:39PM (#40468512)
Strictly speaking, sequential numbers can scale infinitely, so not the worst way to handle it.
Re:ICQ will stop working from June 26 by coolspot on Friday May 24, 2024 @01:24PM (#40468344)
That’s a very impressive UIN!
Re:ICQ will stop working from June 26 by inversetelecine on Friday May 24, 2024 @01:37PM (#40468496)
Same, nice repeating digits. 2288665
Re:ICQ will stop working from June 26 by passwordle on Friday May 24, 2024 @02:52PM (#40469313)
bro, nice dubs!
Re:ICQ will stop working from June 26 by kinow on Friday May 24, 2024 @06:24PM (#40471019)
UINs! I didn't remember how we called ICQ numbers! Thank you!
Re:ICQ will stop working from June 26 by consf on Sunday May 26, 2024 @12:46PM (#40483501)
Wow I'd be proud too