As a result we’ve made the decision that we will be discontinuing AIM effective December 15th, 2017…Thank you to all of our AIM users.Īnd definitely stay tuned as we’re fired up to provide more products and experiences that people around the world love. And it captivated all of us.    AIM tapped into new digital technologies and ignited a cultural shift, but the way in which we communicate with each other has profroundly changed. In the late 1990’s, the world had never seen anything like it. You mgiht also remember how characters throughout pop culture from “You’ve Got Mail” to “Sex and the City” used AIM to help navigate their relationships. Right now you might be reminiscing about how you had to compete for time on the home computer in order to chat with friends outside of school. You likely remember the CD, your first screenname, your carefully curated away messages, and how you organized your buddy lists. If you were a 90’s kid, chances are there was a point in time when AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) was a huge part of your life. Here is what Michael Albers, VP of Communications Product at Oath had to say,
It will forever hold a place in my heart. When I used AIM, under the screen name blockrockinbeets, my most popular away message was a Decemberists lyric: I am nothing of a builder, but here I dreamt I was an architect. Without you, there is no happiness in success, no smile in joy, I can only the pain. Your miss you message makes your loved one feel special to you. The words of the message express your feelings of love and it tells your loved one that he/she is missed. As a kid growing up in the 90’s I have mixed emotions about the termination of AIM yet it had a good run. Miss you AIM Away Messages Send miss you messages to your loved one on AIM. It’s also worth noting that if you have an email address, you will still be able to send and receive email. Here is an FAQ Page that explains how you can get your chat and other data out of the platform prior to December 15th. The short answer – No, and it’s mostly due to the new corporate direction they are taking as Oath. Will AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) Be Replaced? “We are more excited than ever to continue building the next generation of iconic brands and life-changing products for users around the world.”
Their notice of AIM’s termination stated, I offered to delete it but he was so adamant about it that he had his tech guy come in and do a check on all of the computers in the office. The elder boss saw it on our PCs and thought it was a virus. My guess is that Oath is looking to the future and is focusing their resources on producing new and exciting technologies. I had installed AIM on the staff computers so that we could communicate (we didn't have an email system). According to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, “Billion+ Customers, 20+ Brands, Unstoppable team. This new is coming as quite a shock to many but appears to stem from the merger between Yahoo and AOL (now collectively known as Oath), which is a subsidiary of Verizon. status messages) for Aim, Yahoo, MSN, Facebook, MySpace. Since 1997 AIM has changed the way we communicate and was one of a kind. About: has a huge categorized collection of cool and funny away messages (a.k.a.
AOL recently announced that their popular instant messaging service (AIM) will be discontinued on December 15th of this year.