# AIM Find-a-buddy by interest

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aim-find-a-buddy-by-interest/103119>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 11, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aim-find-a-buddy-by-interest/103119 "2002-04-11T22:37:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aim-find-a-buddy-by-interest/103119/1 "2002-04-11T22:37:19Z")

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Can anyone use AIM’s Find a Buddy by Common Interest feature with any results? Is it just a dummy search now, to be implemented in later versions? I’ve tried almost every interest and never get any hits.