# Welcome to the world of AIM

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-world-of-aim/27922>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 3, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-world-of-aim/27922 "2000-08-03T01:23:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![FarrisGoldstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@FarrisGoldstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarrisGoldstein)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-world-of-aim/27922/61 "2000-08-10T19:09:07Z")

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Farris Goldstein is FarrisGoldstein, always and forever. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Qixotica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@Qixotica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qixotica)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-world-of-aim/27922/62 "2000-08-10T23:02:12Z")

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My AIM handle is Qixotica, same as everywhere. 🙂

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**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-world-of-aim/27922/63 "2000-08-10T23:24:17Z")

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pricciar

and in Yahoo? yup thats right.  
pricciar

and in ICQ? well, its some numbers. so, that ends my streak.  
pat

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**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-world-of-aim/27922/64 "2000-08-10T23:26:41Z")

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Since almost everyone I know is on ICQ, my AIM is almost never on, but my handle is lolagranolacan. Maybe I’ll try turning it on once in a while…

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**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-world-of-aim/27922/65 "2000-08-11T01:35:59Z")

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If anyone is interested, mine is lunaseagoddess.

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**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-world-of-aim/27922/66 "2000-08-11T16:43:37Z")

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For some reason my efforts to install icq have been unsuccessful. It seems to think I am behind a firewall, and I seem to think I am not. Has anybody else had this problem or would know how to fix it? Also what version?

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**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-world-of-aim/27922/67 "2000-08-11T17:05:38Z")

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I haven’t had that problem with ICQ, but I have with Napster. I haven’t been able to fix it yet, but it’ll probably be a moot point soon.

For ICQ help, I would try:

> **[ICQ New — для тех, кто всегда онлайн](https://www.icq.com/support/)**
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> Переводите голосовые сообщения в текст, используйте умные ответы, будьте на связи, даже при плохом интернете

or:  
[http://www.icq.com/sitecreator/userhelp.html](http://www.icq.com/sitecreator/userhelp.html)

Everytime I’ve had a problem with one of the versions of ICQ (I always keep mine updated, and wind up with some bugs in the system here and there), and one of these pages usually solves it for me.

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