July 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
SEE WE USED TO CALL IT INSTANT MESSAGING, AND YOU'D IM PEOPLE NOT DM THEM
October 13, 2023 at 8:04 AM
SEE WE USED TO CALL IT INSTANT MESSAGING, AND YOU'D IM PEOPLE NOT DM THEM
Our instant messaging app used to only be available on our desktops, and when someone logged off you would get the most devastating little door-closing sound.
What’s a real thing from your childhood that kids these days would find completely foreign?
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
July 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Our instant messaging app used to only be available on our desktops, and when someone logged off you would get the most devastating little door-closing sound.
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January 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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But discord's an instant messaging app, that's just stupid.
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
But discord's an instant messaging app, that's just stupid.
Add me on AOL instant messaging
January 5, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Add me on AOL instant messaging
We need a Trillian but for social media
(only elder millennials will understand this)
(only elder millennials will understand this)
July 6, 2023 at 5:28 PM
We need a Trillian but for social media
(only elder millennials will understand this)
(only elder millennials will understand this)
the trailblazer does not concern herself with the physics of how cross-planetary instant messaging magically just works in honkai star rail
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
the trailblazer does not concern herself with the physics of how cross-planetary instant messaging magically just works in honkai star rail
Instant messaging demands near-zero latency. Voice and video in particular require complex global signaling & regional relays to manage jitter and packet loss. These are things that AWS, Azure, and GCP provide at global scale that, practically speaking, others (in the western context) don’t. 5/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Instant messaging demands near-zero latency. Voice and video in particular require complex global signaling & regional relays to manage jitter and packet loss. These are things that AWS, Azure, and GCP provide at global scale that, practically speaking, others (in the western context) don’t. 5/
Scientists must protect "thinking time" in a world of instant communication nature.com/articles/d41...
Science must protect thinking time in a world of instant communication
E-mails and instant messaging are core to research — but also a distraction. Researchers should study their impact on science, and how they can claw back time to concentrate. E-mails and instant messa...
nature.com
July 25, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Scientists must protect "thinking time" in a world of instant communication nature.com/articles/d41...
That sounds like an 18+ adult site instant messaging system name.
April 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
That sounds like an 18+ adult site instant messaging system name.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Hegseth Set Up Signal on a Computer in His Pentagon Office
The app facilitated communications in a building where cell service is poor and personal phones are not allowed in some areas.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Abandoning message boards, IRC chat, instant messaging programs, etc., was a huge mistake.
We gotta go back.
We gotta go back.
Discord has a new CEO, Humam Sakhnini.
Co-founder Jason Citron will remain on the board and transition to an advisory role.
Co-founder Jason Citron will remain on the board and transition to an advisory role.
April 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Abandoning message boards, IRC chat, instant messaging programs, etc., was a huge mistake.
We gotta go back.
We gotta go back.
Remember when Instant Messaging was the main method of talking to your friends?
July 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Remember when Instant Messaging was the main method of talking to your friends?
This is useless messaging. We need actual leadership right now as a coup is taking place right now this instant.
February 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is useless messaging. We need actual leadership right now as a coup is taking place right now this instant.
Seriously, this place is for everyone. Y'all deserve a place that's not shitscord:
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August 27, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Seriously, this place is for everyone. Y'all deserve a place that's not shitscord:
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Back before instant messaging, we used to use email more like that.
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Back before instant messaging, we used to use email more like that.
"Gen Xers thank god every day that they didn't have instant messaging or email" AIM launched when they were still in school but sure, make-believe history is good too
February 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"Gen Xers thank god every day that they didn't have instant messaging or email" AIM launched when they were still in school but sure, make-believe history is good too
ICYMI, Fluxer is a FOSS instant messaging and VoIP app.
If you're looking for an alternative to Discord, worth a signup (note that signups are limited).
If you're looking for an alternative to Discord, worth a signup (note that signups are limited).
WE'RE TEMPORARILY OPEN FOR REGISTRATION!!!
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We welcome you to our pro-furry, pro-kink, pro-LGBT Fluxer instance, FluxFur. Thanks for checking us out. Hop on in quickly, before registration closes!
Register HERE: fluxfur.com/register?reg...
We welcome you to our pro-furry, pro-kink, pro-LGBT Fluxer instance, FluxFur. Thanks for checking us out. Hop on in quickly, before registration closes!
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September 29, 2026 at 11:59 PM
ICYMI, Fluxer is a FOSS instant messaging and VoIP app.
If you're looking for an alternative to Discord, worth a signup (note that signups are limited).
If you're looking for an alternative to Discord, worth a signup (note that signups are limited).
Any instant messenger that lets you enforce a maximum length for received voice messages (including zero) will be the globally dominant messaging app within days.
October 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Any instant messenger that lets you enforce a maximum length for received voice messages (including zero) will be the globally dominant messaging app within days.
man-machine interface is the worst thing I’ve ever written because it contains my only use so far of lmao in prose and not instant messaging
October 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
man-machine interface is the worst thing I’ve ever written because it contains my only use so far of lmao in prose and not instant messaging
We're testing out Fluxer as a Discord alternative: fluxer.gg/VClrxNeg
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Fluxer is a free and open source instant messaging and VoIP platform built for friends, groups, and communities.
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March 2, 2026 at 9:59 AM
We're testing out Fluxer as a Discord alternative: fluxer.gg/VClrxNeg