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0 pointsnielssp1y ago0 comments

I'm pretty sure that's how most, if not all, instant messaging services worked 20 years ago... Was a feature, not a bug. The whole idea of sending an instant message. If you wanted to send a non-instant message, you'd send an email instead.

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machomaster1y ago

That' not true. Icq and other messengers (don't remember the names anymore) had async messaging functionality and that was expected.

grishka1y ago

ICQ worked more like SMS. You could send a message to someone who's offline. It would get stored on the server and delivered when they come online.

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