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Skype was shut down for good today (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[โ€“] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I fell out of contact with a lot of people when they shuttered MSN messenger for Skype, so not sad to see it go.

[โ€“] based_raven@lemm.ee 19 points 3 days ago

MSN Messenger was brilliant. At the time I used it, everyone I knew used it. It was the go-to for communication.