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Re:Ask HN : What killed ICQ? by siong1987 on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @01:59PM (#434041)
I know why you remember that. Because you have a "eight" digit ICQ number. People at that time used to think that shorter ICQ ID was cooler.
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Re:Ask HN : What killed ICQ? by timcederman on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @02:23PM (#434097)
Mine was 394868
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Re:Ask HN : What killed ICQ? by gojomo on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @03:36PM (#434235)
161192
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Re:Ask HN : What killed ICQ? by compay on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @05:37PM (#434464)
Ooohhh... 7 digits: 6980539

I signed up in 1997 or 1998... haven't used it for anything in a LONG time.

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Re:Ask HN : What killed ICQ? by pavel_lishin on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @05:35PM (#434458)
5540905.

Can't believe I remembered that. It sort of rhymes in my head.

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Re:Ask HN : What killed ICQ? by g1rlb0t on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @03:19PM (#434205)
967599 ;)
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Re:Ask HN : What killed ICQ? by mattdennewitz on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @02:24PM (#434099)
used to?
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Re:Ask HN : What killed ICQ? by barryfandango on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @05:30PM (#434445)
1703934
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Re:Ask HN : What killed ICQ? by bootload on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @05:12PM (#434410)
166482
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Re:Ask HN : What killed ICQ? by alexkay on Thursday January 15, 2009 @12:54AM (#434890)
6 digits and still using it: 666778 ;-P
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Re:Ask HN : What killed ICQ? by cnu on Thursday January 15, 2009 @02:36AM (#434965)
missed by 1?
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