■ Other discontinued online messaging platforms include Orkut (2014), MSN Messenger (2014), AOL Instant Messenger (2017) ■ Users will be given six months to download their chat history before the plug is pulled on Yahoo Messenger ■ In 2009, Yahoo Messenger had 122 million users It was later rebranded as Yahoo Messenger in 1999 ■ Launched on March 9, 1998, as Yahoo Pager. What’s important is that users will be given six months to download their chat history.
Users still sticking to the service will now be redirected to a new service called Squirrel, an instant messaging app, which is seen as a replacement for Messenger. Messenger also introduced people to the world of emojis and stickers. Even though the VGS cameras and tepid Internet speed provided only a blurred image of the person on the other side, the joy of watching the other live brought immense joy. Yahoo Chat Rooms was stopped in 2012.Īnother first-on feature the Messenger allowed its users was to make video calls. The Chat Rooms also gave birth to one of the most popular acronym of that time, ie, ASL (Age, Sex and Location), the decision-maker when it comes to striking a conversation. The Chat Rooms had a unique capability of connecting strangers living miles apart at a time when Internet was connected through dial-up networks (we aren’t talking about speed and how expensive it was). The reason why Yahoo Messenger will hold a unique place among people is because of its Chat Room feature, which literally helped in mushrooming of cyber cafes throughout the country. Yahoo Messenger now joins the rank of other discontinued platforms such as Orkut, MSN Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger. Yahoo, which was acquired by telecom giant Verizon in 2017, did try to reinvent service multiple times, but couldn’t make an impact.
However, by the end of the last decade, brewing competition from new-age players such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram, the oldest player starting losing its appeal among netizens. The platform launched on March 9, 1998, as Yahoo Pager and later rebranded as Yahoo Messenger in 1999, witnessed an astonishing growth throughout the 2000s when Internet was reaching to new audience.
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