Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: Re: Quitting the smartphone
From:    Nightfox(21:1/137)
Date:    Fri Aug 21, 2026 15:03

  Re: Re: Quitting the smartphone
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Fri Aug 21 2026 02:20 pm

 Ni>> ICQ had a feature where you could fill out a little profile for yoruself
 Ni>> and have it find you a random chat partner online - It was a bit like
 Ni>> having pen pals. I talked to a lot of people that way, and I miss that
 Ni>> sometimes. I wonder if people would still do that if that feature existed
 Ni>> these days..

 PF> ChatRoulette took it to a different level, if memory serves, it was
 PF> totally random.

I've heard of ChatRoulette, but I never used it.  I think ICQ was also random. From what I recall, ICQ would show you the person's ICQ profile and you could choose to message them or choose another chat partner. I don't remember if ICQ let you set some parameters to the search or if it was just random.

Nightfox
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