Best old aim away messages9/2/2023 ![]() ![]() What does it mean when a technology that shaped your identity dies? Who did we become as users of those technologies? And what does it mean now that our messaging is stitched to our phone numbers, our Facebook profiles, our flesh-blood-and-birthdate selves? Perhaps it’s easy to dismiss our AIM ancestry, merely a blip in the Intro to Social Media textbooks. This surprised me until I realized what young women like me, who were becoming teenagers at the end of the ’90s, had in common with those brokers: We too were trading futures and commodities, but on AIM the potential gains were our teenage selves. I learned from Abbruzzese that a subset of those users worked on Wall Street. In “ The Rise and Fall of AIM, the Breakthrough AOL Never Wanted,” Jason Abbruzzese reported that, at its peak, AIM drew “as many as 18 million simultaneous users.” AIM paved the way for text messaging, Facebook, and beyond - all without (at least in the earliest years) profile pics. Cue sign-off sound effect, the Internet responded, eulogizing the service that introduced the world to buddy lists, away messages, and profiles, with a pastiche of levity, longing and lovingly-excavated personal ephemera. The news arrived last week, as unwelcome as a chat invite from your best friend’s mom: AOL was shutting down AIM, its messaging service. My last username was pennylane6985: equal parts The Beatles and “Almost Famous.” By that time - I was a junior in high school - I’d traded the Halfway to Heaven for espresso and vanilla cloves. When I outgrew Posh Spice, I slunk into Hollygolightly6985 with the release of “Man on the Moon,” I goofed into Kaufmaniac6985 when I’d memorized “American Beauty,” I snagged Spacey6985. My first AIM username was Gucci60525 - my zip code plus a nod to “Spiceworld” (“Should I wear the little Gucci dress, the little Gucci dress, or the little Gucci Dress?”). “That’s all homework?” my dad asks during a commercial. On TV, “Top Gun” plays on mute by the mantle, the Airedale sleeps the only sound in our house beside those knees is my fingers staccato on the keyboard. ![]() My dad is on the couch, and I shrink the chat windows whenever I hear his knees creak. Then, you will be prompted to "share what's on your mind" and add a 60-character max snippet.Īfter choosing between sharing your Note with your Close Friends List or with all your followers you follow back, your Note will be shared and visible for 24 hours.I’m in the dark family room, bouncing on my heels in the computer chair, leaning toward the monitor, slugging a can of Halfway to Heaven - the nickname the girls I’m IM-ing have for Diet Mountain Dew. To make an Instagram Note, simply go to your inbox and select the "+" icon that should appear next to your profile picture. Now, can we bring MySpace back? /TAIteZMfR9- Beth Booker DecemHow to Use Instagram Notes Hot Take: My little millennial heart loves this new notes feature on Instagram and it has me feeling all types of nostalgic. People after setting their Instagram note to look like an aim/msn away message /fN4ryVQ2Sp- oscar December 14, 2022 Hilarious.- Catherine M December 14, 2022 Nothing is giving me more joy than the Instagram notes feature and seeing every millennial I follow regress to 2005 and ironically putting AIM statuses up. Shortly after the update hit users, many took to Twitter to call out the feature's old-school feel. The Note can be deleted if you wish, but it can not be edited. You can select who sees your note (followers, people you follow, etc.), or you can just share it with your "Close Friends" list. "Notes" are meant to be short-form messages and only allow for 60 characters of text or emojis, and will only appear for 24 hours. ![]()
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