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		phendrenad2 on May 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ICQ will stop working from June 26 It's been dead a long time, it just had a brief afterlife in Russia. Chat apps aren't cheap like the old days, now they require a large moderation staff. Maybe AI will change that?

Zak on May 24, 2024 [–]

ICQ is/was mainly for one-to-one and small group chats, much like Signal or WhatsApp. I don't think that use case needs a large moderation staff; I consider even having the ability to do most kinds of moderation an anti-feature in that kind of tool since it means the communication is not truly private.

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