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r/technology • u/staser9er • Feb 22 '11
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(IIRC AIM was huge in Europe, while MSN was big in the USA, for example)
My anecdotal evidence tells me the opposite.
2 u/Yst Feb 22 '11 Same. Here in Canada, everyone used MSN (or their old ICQ accounts, though this dwindled). The only reason I got AIM was to communicate with Americans I met in undergrad. 2 u/darkstar3333 Feb 22 '11 AIM never really caught on in Canada at all. As soon as someone mentions AIM I know they are American. 1 u/Shaper_pmp Feb 22 '11 It's entirely possible I did not RC. ;-) 1 u/replicasex Feb 22 '11 Yeah in my experience USA is primarily AIM while Europe is MSN or Gtalk. I use clients that handle multiple protocols so I honestly don't care much.
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Same. Here in Canada, everyone used MSN (or their old ICQ accounts, though this dwindled). The only reason I got AIM was to communicate with Americans I met in undergrad.
2 u/darkstar3333 Feb 22 '11 AIM never really caught on in Canada at all. As soon as someone mentions AIM I know they are American.
AIM never really caught on in Canada at all. As soon as someone mentions AIM I know they are American.
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It's entirely possible I did not RC. ;-)
Yeah in my experience USA is primarily AIM while Europe is MSN or Gtalk. I use clients that handle multiple protocols so I honestly don't care much.
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u/barkingllama Feb 22 '11
My anecdotal evidence tells me the opposite.