Web Revival

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A movement focused on capturing the creativity and openness of the early Internet.

We aren't here to watch Big Web burn (we have plenty of communities for that) but to find positive ways we can make the Small Web better.

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RetroAIM (github.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world to c/webrevival@lemm.ee

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I just heard about RetroAIM. Which is a way to use AIM (AOL Instant Messanger) in the modern day, running your own servers.

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Wasn't AIM just using XMPP? (It's been a while since I looked at these things).

Still neat. AIM was impressive for the time, I even ran it on Android circa 2009. Frustrating that things like AIM/XMPP got supplanted by SMS, then things like WhatsApp, etc got in when we already had better with XMPP!

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

SMS is older than AIM by four years. Before 3G, and before phones like the iPhone and Android devices, using internet on a mobile was clunky and awful anyway. SMS and XMPP did not really directly compete.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 14 hours ago

That's great, I used ICQ a lot back in the day.