It was the late 90s, social media platforms like Facebook didn't yet exist, texting was in its infancy, email was very popular, instant messaging was up for...

The bottom of the article links to the history (individual features) of other IM programs from that era as well like ICQ and Yahoo Messenger.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      29 days ago

      give me back messenger. at least it was a cohesive usable app.

      teams is just a low budget email emulation machine that still fails to deliver a functioning inbox, much like outlook.

      I’d rather drag my dick through HIV riddled discord memes then use that rotting pile of shit called teams.