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Omegle - like a slot machine, only with people

Lush — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:10:26 -0800

Talk to strangers! "When you use Omegle, we pick another user at random and let you have a one-on-one chat with each other." [via waxy]

spammen all over you

mwhybark — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:54:43 -0800

overclockblocked , by Sumit Dan. short story told in speculative chippy dialect. Fucken AIbrid think he so fucking cool with he retrofleshy stylen. Like you don’t already know he dealin double-helix, not just some two-bit qubit.

Salmoning: a bot-initiated two-way chat surprise

Mo Nickels — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:42:07 -0800

Have you been salmoned? I just met a stranger from Denver via the process of salmoning, in which a chatbot initiates an unexpected two-way conversation between two (apparently random) nicks, giving them both aliases ending with "salmon," and leaving both parties confused. Like this guy says, once you figure out what's going on when you've been salmoned, you can have a pretty good chat. In my case, the bot's opening line was, "Fill in the blank: I'll eat me candy with the [blank]. Excuse my manners if I make a scene." (It's from a Weezer song; the answer is "pork and beans.") My unwitting partner's nick was EconomicSalmon, so for a minute I thought it was Felix Salmon, who writes about finance and economics. My random nick was, apparently, MilkySalmon. A typical salmon chat. Another. One more. Still one more.

making port 80 a bigger hole in the corporate firewall

machaus — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:29:46 -0800

Meebo.com. Web based chat (alpha) for all the main IM protocols.

If I don't do it, someone else will

angry modem — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:21:08 -0800

Google Talk Connect with their client, or yours. It runs on the first Jabber network with more than two users!

::talkGoogle is listening on port 5222::

rzklkng — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 06:32:27 -0800

Google's big announcement due on Wednesday. Google is due to make an announcement on Wednesday of a new service focusing on presence and communication. The word on the internets is that it will be a chat and IM client. Google already has a chat client in the picture sharing app, Hello, which is available in both standalone install and as part of Picasa. Possible screenshot of the app is here, with additional coverage at BigBlueBall and Neowin. The prevalent consensus seems to be that it will be (or be based on ) Jabber, (PDF) with the core innovation being the use of XMPP.

AIM owns you.

XQUZYPHYR — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:44:23 -0800

"You waive any right to privacy." AOL has just updated the terms of service for Instant Messanger, which include agreeing to the new requirement that AOL owns everything you write, has the right to reproduce it at will, and that you waive all requirements for prior approval to do so.

IM: Not Just for Kids Anymore

etoile — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 08:29:42 -0800

Adults are picking up instant messaging in record numbers, with 50% of those over 35 using various systems. This study was funded by AOL, which has a major stake in the instant messaging market through its popular AIM software. But most people who use IM in the workplace are still using free and unsecured systems, despite the availability of secure versions in enterprise software and products like IM Secure.

IMWatching

srboisvert — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 04:31:22 -0800

IMWatching. Monitor the online times of your buddies.

Chatango

Blue Stone — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 09:01:36 -0800

"Disposable" Instant Messaging. Click a link and chat to someone with just your browser*. "Include [a link] when you create eBay auctions, Craigslist personals, weblogs, moblogs, personal websites, Friendster, etc. and viewers will be able to contact you instantly." *Requires Flash.

Zork over AIM!

mathowie — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:04:56 -0800

Play Zork directly in IM. Send an instant message to InfoComBot and choose from a list of available text-based games. You can even save games and return to them later. One thing's for sure: I'm not getting any work done this week.

The English-to-12-Year-Old-AOLer Translator

riffola — Sun, 10 Aug 2003 22:42:31 -0800

DA ENGLISH-2-12-Y3AR-OLD-AOLER TRANSLA2R WIL TAEK WUT U WRIET IN IT AND TURN IT IN2 TEH MAN3R A 12-YEAR-OLD AOLER WUD WRIET IT!1!1 LOL JUST WUT U NED 2 KIK START A MONDAY!!1!!

Blog Change Bot

UKnowForKids — Sat, 26 Jul 2003 10:27:31 -0800

Blog Change Bot is an AOL Instant Messenger-based bot that will send you an IM whenever your favorite blogs are updated. (via Blogroots; more inside)

AIM-ICQ

riffola — Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:26:14 -0800

From the better late than never dept: Now you can send instant messages between AIM/AOL and ICQ. AOL finally added interactivity support for their two IM protocols. Best new feature...
IM with yourself
Once you have the latest ICQ beta software, you'll be able to IM with the AIM and/or AOL on your own computer!

IMStalking

endquote — Fri, 30 May 2003 11:50:30 -0800

IMStalking is a site that syndicates the instant messenger away messages of its participants for no particular reason. It's amazing what unemployed cartoon addicts will do to fill their time.

We know who you are. We know what you're doing.

Blue Stone — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 16:44:06 -0800

Hi! You have the right to remain silent! (wanna cyber?)

The RIAA, bastions of goodness and justice, are sending IMs to nasty file-sharers, telling them that what they're doing is naughty. And that they might just end up in court.
A private company they're hiring plans to send a million messages per week, telling the thieving pirates that the RIAA knows where they live.

Looks like "Hilary Rosen" is one person I'll be putting on my ignore list.

IM just for Wifi

Argyle — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:11:52 -0800

IM just for Wifi - Trepia has developed a new method for wifi users to connect to each other. Imagine turning on your laptop and seeing the other wifi users near your physical location and being able to chat with them.

There's only a Windows client at this time. I asked where the Mac & linux clients were and the CEO told me they were coming in the future once the Windows version takes off. I'm betting that if enough people ask, they'll accelerate their plans.

AOL owns Instant Messaging?

Argyle — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:06:30 -0800

AOL owns Instant Messaging? - MSNBC is reporting that AOL's subsidary ICQ has received a patent for Instant Messaging. I would have thought IRC was enough prior art to invalidate the claim, but the Patent Office knows best. Can AOL put the genie back in the bottle?

crunchland — Tue, 05 Nov 2002 09:29:30 -0800

Are you using AOL IM at work? Chatting with your buds or SO while you should probably be working? Well, in a desperate attempt to turn some kind of profit, AOL is willing to sell your boss the ability to be in on the conversation, too.

ParisParamus — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:47:54 -0800

ICQ Snobs, Sorry: You now must communicate with the AIM Hoy Paloy. Another defeat for Cyber-Elitism!

TNLNYC — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:00:15 -0800

An interesting idea Create your own bot... Sounds like an interesting service. What do you think?

mathowie — Sun, 30 Jun 2002 20:01:19 -0800

The bad news: SmarterChild, one of the first instant message bot applications, is dead. The good news: ActiveBuddy, the folks that created SmarterChild, will be releasing a toolset to create new bots.

purplecow — Fri, 15 Feb 2002 06:27:52 -0800

download your crappy free aim client here Yup, this morning got bounced from trillian using AOL Instant Messenger again.
This time, got an interesting message from AOL. The AIM client opened itself with this message:

AOL Instant Messenger: You have been disconnected from the AOL Instant Message Service (SM) for accessing the AOL network using unauthorized software. You can download a FREE, fully featured, and authorized client, here http://www.aol.com/aim/download2.html .

So, fellow Mefi readers, how long can AOL block Trillian? Shouldn't they be coming up with more innovative campaigns, or is this a sign that the IM market is about to become a lot more competitive? Tawk amongst yourselves.

tommasz — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 06:51:03 -0800

AOL has been actively blocking Trillian users. If you switched over to Trillian and use AIM you've had problems connecting all week. As of this morning, version 0.721 is working but will likely be blocked again. AOL is claiming it as a "security" issue.

arnab — Mon, 31 Dec 2001 22:29:46 -0800

Yahoo IMvironments are the latest fad that the company's come up with. It makes your chatting easier, prettier and more fun - and a lot more bulky and resource hungry. I don't know how many people here actually use Y!, but my guess is this wont take long to disappear.