Drop ICQ, AIM, MSNM, etc support
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:10 amConcise description:
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How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
- The site stores this information in users profiles
- You can search a member based on this stuff
- None of it is needed, and it probably contributes to lag
Specifics/Details:
- When I first got Windows 98, I was warned "Never get ICQ, they will give away your information to anyone who asks, making it a privacy and security nightmare"
- AIM used to be pretty big, but I don't know anyone who uses it (or AOL even).
- YIM is actually called YM now, and has been cancelled since 2012.
- MSNM has been cancelled, as Microsoft bought Skype
- If we are going to do the whole social media thing, why not Twitter or Facebook or something that people use?
How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
- It will reduce lag?
- Make us feel less trapped in 2006