Which Messenger do you use?

Kilroy · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2004 3:56 pm

Which messenger do you all use? Vote!

thefreakyblueman · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2004 4:39 pm

Well, I use the AIM service, but not the terrible client they made for Mac. I use iChat.

Krissy · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2004 5:03 pm

I use MSN the most, just because most of my friends have accounts on it. I like Yahoo better, though.

ThatGoblin · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2004 6:10 pm

AIM!!! My computer with my account doesn't have internet, so I can't use it...

Kaffiene · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:24 pm

MSN messenger..I've been usin' it for almost 6 years! And sadly, i've had the same main account too.. :-S

Prof. Tor Coolguy · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:47 pm

Joeyday has pointed me to a great program called "Trillian" that lets you be on all of the messengers mentioned and one more I think

thefreakyblueman · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:50 pm

IRC, maybe?

Proteus is another great program that does this, but it's for the Mac.

ramrod · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:19 pm

I use AIM. It's alright, because i don't like msn or yahoo messenger as much.

fahooglewitz1077 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:49 am

I use Gaim.
AIM, MSN, Y!M, IRC, Jabber, etc.

porplemontage · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:04 am

Yeah, everyone I know uses AIM.

Kilroy · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:34 am

porplemontage wrote:

Yeah, everyone I know uses AIM.

That's interesting, I don't know anyone that uses anything other than MSN. And that's why I only use MSN, cause that's what all my friends use.

Mikeyman · **Joined:** Fri Aug 20, 2004 1:44 am **Posts:** 184

I use AIM and MSN, but I know more people with AIM and use it more frequently because of it. So, I voted AIM.

TimMierz · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:14 am

I just realized I mis-voted, but whatever. I use Trillian and MSN simultaneously (Trillian supports MSN, but the specific MSN Messenger does a better job of being itself than Trillian does), mainly for the two people I know that use MSN. Mostly I end up using the AIM portion, although Y! once in a while is okay. I forgot my ICQ number years ago.

Didymus · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:26 am

I don't use a messenger at all. I made a point to uninstall Windows Messenger because it allowed Microsoft to bombard my browser with pop-up ads.

TheNintenGenius · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:30 pm

I use AIM occasionally, and that's it. To be perfectly honest, I mainly talk to people through IRC (using mIRC), rendering even AIM almost completely worthless to me.

I also used to have an ICQ number, but I'll be darned if I can remember what it is. Not that I particularly want to remember anyway.

JoeyDay · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:36 pm

As someone above mentioned, I use Trillian, but I didn't mark "other" though, as Trillian doesn't really count as a messenger program. It's simply an interface that allows you to connect to the four messenger networks at the same time.

Of the four, I have more buddies that use MSN, and it's the one I prefer to use with buddies who use multiple IMs (some of whom also have Trillian).

racerx_is_alive · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2004 5:59 pm

Didymus wrote:

I don't use a messenger at all. I made a point to uninstall Windows Messenger because it allowed Microsoft to bombard my browser with pop-up ads.

The Windows Messenger Service that allows the pop-ups is completely seperate from both the MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger that comes built in with XP.

I've been using Trillian since Spring Semester 2000, but I do most of my IMing on MSN messenger.

woddfellow2 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:57 pm

I use Yahoo! Messenger. I like the features it provides. You can even go stealth on others.

No Toppings · **Posted:** Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:22 pm

Well it took me a while to settle on a messenger

My AIM stopped working shortly after i closed my AOL account
I switched to ICQ, but the number business was too much
I Then Figured out AIM and began to use it again.

SOOOO AIM rocks

Franz Ferdinand · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:01 am

Warlordofhomsaria_v2 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:52 am

aim for AIM

Gir · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:26 am

I'm not voting for anything, I wish I could, but... I use AIM and MSN Messenger equally 50-50. So I can't vote for one or the other. I use them both a lot, really, I do. But I think I use them equally, as I said. So I refrain from voting. :mrgreen:

No Loafing · **Joined:** Fri May 21, 2004 12:54 am **Posts:** 718

All AIM, all the time! (Not really)

Tiggera · **Posted:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:42 pm

I don't have any Messenger. I also use Internet Explorer, prefer MS Paint to Photoshop, and think Windows 3.1 rocks. I am a bigger loser than you are. Ha ha!

Dark Grapefruit · **Posted:** Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:48 am

I use MSN, because everyone I know uses it. Funny, all my friends IRL use MSN, but everyone I've met online uses AIM.

mikeaitch · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:13 am

I'm a fan of open source software, so I use Gaim to connect to AIM, MSN, and ICQ.

HomsarsBuddy · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:20 am

Prof. Tor Coolguy wrote:

Joeyday has pointed me to a great program called "Trillian" that lets you be on all of the messengers mentioned and one more I think

I use this one too! It's so awesom, I've had every one of the messengers listed here, and trillian is by far way better.

Another Fan · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:15 pm

Is that named after the character in the hitchhiker series?

KamuiEXE · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2004 9:17 pm

Yahoo.

I found MSN was far too annoying with it's little quips like deleting your accound if you don't access it after a few days or something. Yahoo's much better because of the "I-won't-delete-you-even-if-you-ask-the-boxing-gloves-question."

~Kamui.EXE

ShinRaDaCheat · **Joined:** Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:41 pm **Posts:** 2

I HATE MSN. but I use it because all of my friends do. It's pile of crap support for Mac makes me want to retch.

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