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End of an era: Skype death date
9 months ago
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The Skype messenger service will no longer exist after May 5th, 2025:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202.....down-for-good/
While most people have moved on to Discord, telegram, or other messenger /chat services, if you still have anyone on Skype, they must move before that date.
yes, I'm aware of Microsoft Teams being the "replacement". No, I am not going to use it to chat with furries.
I am going to be messaging anyone I have on Skype and giving them my main messenger applications.
If you want to add what I currently use:
Discord: codark2
I have a discord group: https://discord.gg/VcQnwR6Nnh
Telegram: https://t.me/CodArk2
I have a (NSFW) art telegram channel: https://t.me/+5yqFuy6p7pk4NmJh
Granted, I am not the most talkative person recently and for the past...year or two. I will usually respond when someone pokes me, but a lot of stressful shit is going on in my life behind the scenes, It should resolve over time, but I have been less talkative overall.
Skype is the last of the 2000s-era messenger services to go away, and as a millennial, that brings up a LOT of old memories stretching back to my earliest days in the fandom.
Even when AIM, Yahoo instant messenger, MSN, and ICQ went away, it was still there. It felt like Skype would always be there. And now it too will become a thing of the past.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202.....down-for-good/
While most people have moved on to Discord, telegram, or other messenger /chat services, if you still have anyone on Skype, they must move before that date.
yes, I'm aware of Microsoft Teams being the "replacement". No, I am not going to use it to chat with furries.
I am going to be messaging anyone I have on Skype and giving them my main messenger applications.
If you want to add what I currently use:
Discord: codark2
I have a discord group: https://discord.gg/VcQnwR6Nnh
Telegram: https://t.me/CodArk2
I have a (NSFW) art telegram channel: https://t.me/+5yqFuy6p7pk4NmJh
Granted, I am not the most talkative person recently and for the past...year or two. I will usually respond when someone pokes me, but a lot of stressful shit is going on in my life behind the scenes, It should resolve over time, but I have been less talkative overall.
Skype is the last of the 2000s-era messenger services to go away, and as a millennial, that brings up a LOT of old memories stretching back to my earliest days in the fandom.
Even when AIM, Yahoo instant messenger, MSN, and ICQ went away, it was still there. It felt like Skype would always be there. And now it too will become a thing of the past.
It's been dying for a while now, but it's still sad to see it go.
Skype at least has a designated successor.
(Im kidding, I used Skype alot in 2016-2017)