# I have just installed ICQ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234 "2003-08-23T22:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/1 "2003-08-23T22:45:44Z")
…And you couldn’t get more pointless than that. Sorry. My number is 223223804 I am amazed and a bit suspicious that it’s still free. there must be a catch - come on, what is it? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/2 "2003-08-23T22:48:39Z")
No catch–that I can see so far after months of using. It’s a nice little app and I’ve met a few new people on it. My number is 348644845 by the way 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/3 "2003-08-23T22:54:43Z")
'nother one of these threads, eh? 1. Mention the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/4 "2003-08-24T00:59:07Z")
11985327 There is no catch - and ICQ is far superior to a certain _other_ messenger program. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/5 "2003-08-24T01:17:43Z")
1. Just mention who you are on the SDMB. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/6 "2003-08-24T04:02:08Z")
I prefer msn messenger… but 114199424 Just dont start out like some swarmy Egyptian and we’ll get along fine:D \*has nothing against Egyptians in general just against swarmy ones ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/7 "2003-08-24T04:36:42Z")
There _is_ a catch. Th’ ads, those incessant ads – dancing bear, high school reunions, email smilies … 1. ---
**Author:** ![Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/8 "2003-08-24T04:41:52Z")
I’m embarrassed to say how low my number is. 1. (I’ve been around on ICQ that long, folks…) ---
**Author:** ![cletus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@cletus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cletus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/9 "2003-08-24T04:42:13Z")
How do you meet people on ICQ? I didn’t realize you could. ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/10 "2003-08-24T04:52:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > **There _is_ a catch. Th’ ads, those incessant ads – dancing bear, high school reunions, email smilies** My brother found a way around that. With some hacker program or something 😕 (sorry for being such a computer ditz) and got rid of it for me. But that’s on my PC. My laptop, which I’m using right now has the ads and one wrong click, I’m sent hurling through ads. Oh the horror. :rolleyes: But anyway, my # is 65703466 if anyone wants to add me. Why you want to is beyond my comprehension, but just make sure you say you’re from the SDMB so I don’t bombard you with “Who the hell are you?” messages. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/11 "2003-08-24T04:53:49Z")
I don’t have it installed at the moment (haven’t bothered to since the Big Crash), but my number’s even lower than yours, Thunder. I’ve gotten a tiny bit fond of Trillian lately; it’s a bit annoying since I haven’t figured out all the bells and whistles yet, but it allows me to talk to people who have AOL, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, and IRC, and have only one program running. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/12 "2003-08-24T05:23:01Z")
I stopped using ICQ because their app just kept getting more and more bloated… only the few “features” i ever used in any one version always seem to be cut out of the next one. Anyway, not too long ago I was looking from something that would rub Jabber and ended up with Miranda IM. It’s an ICQ clone by default, but has plug-ins that allow it to access AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and just about any other network you might be able to think of (ironically, the jabber plug-in I never got working). UIN: 6014226 ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/13 "2003-08-24T13:17:22Z")
ICQ 1820996 Truly sad eh thunder… I use trillian to connect instead of ICQ’s client. It’s nice because AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, msn and irc are all on the same list. (I only use ICQ, AIM and Yahoo though) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/14 "2003-08-24T13:21:24Z")
I think I beat you all: my ICQ number is only 6 digits. It’s a shame what they did to the software. It started out efficient and perfectly functional. Now it’s bloated to fuck. I might reinstall just to say hi to Lobsang. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/15 "2003-08-24T13:42:33Z")
I just downloaded ICQ Lite - it’s not bad - quite stripped down and pretty much like it was in the old days, though it occasionally has annoying popups. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/16 "2003-08-24T13:50:33Z")
I recently downloaded ICQ lite as well… but I haven’t been able to find a chat function, so that must’ve been one of the cutbacks. All in all it’s pretty neat, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/17 "2003-08-24T13:52:15Z")
Yes, ICQ Lite reminds me a lot of the old program. I had to quit using regular ICQ because there was some primary conflict between it and Word Perfect (which I have to use for my work) and my WP would crash every five minutes if I had ICQ open. With ICQ lite, I haven’t had that problem at all. Oh, and I’m 103661492. Mention SDMB or you get blocked unanswered. ---
**Author:** ![TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFunkySpaceCowboy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/18 "2003-08-24T16:10:50Z")
Ok I’ll play too. 401810 Not only is it the lowest one yet posted, I’ve also memorized it 🙂 Just mention SDMB if you feel like saying ‘hi’ For you \*nix users out there I highly reccomend centericq, a ncurses based console IM client. Works with all the major services, is ad free, works great over an ssh connection and is great for keeping a consistent userlist/history if you use icq from more than one computer, since you can just install it on a server and log in remotely. Wow I’m a geek. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/19 "2003-08-24T18:09:03Z")
I’ve been using icq since the first version they released. I’ve only “regened” (ie, needed to get a new number) once. It pisses me, as I could’ve had a super low number. Anyway, for those complaining that icq is bloatware - yes, the newer versions are. That is why I, and you, should stick with icq2000b, build 3286. Also, there are patches to remove the ads. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234/20 "2003-08-24T18:45:28Z")
Check out this conversation I had with a bot a little while ago. > [@](#): > > 176933592 (2:45 PM) : > Hello 🙂 Would you like to join our sex club? 🙂 > > Bruce Daddy (2:46 PM) : > What is a sex club? > > Lisa (2:47 PM) : > Come here: \ and i will show you how to have as much free sex as you want 🙂 No cybersex, only real fuck! We have girls&boys from all countries 🙂 > > Bruce Daddy (2:47 PM) : > Does it have a 1920s style death ray? > > Bruce Daddy (2:49 PM) : > Does it burning my dog? I’m 170699613, by the way [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-installed-icq/197234.md?page=2)