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AOL Locks Out AIM Screen Names

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the out-to-lunch dept.

dshaw858 writes "According to a story on eWeek, AOL has mistakenly suspended a very large number of AOL Instant Messenger (one of the most widely used IM programs) accounts, by mistake. I don't know about you guys, but this happened to me and a large percentage of friends and coworkers. AOL says that a fix should be ready by Monday."

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  1. Re:Various obligatory posts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Various obligatory posts (Score:5, Funny)
    by dswensen (252552) * on Friday December 10, @12:49AM (#11049481)
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    1) Oh no! This could really hurt AOL's rock-solid reputation as a competent and professional Internet service provider!

    2) I heard they're gonna ship the patch for this problem on ten million CDs!

    3) The good news is, almost all AOL users are too dumb to notice they've been locked out!

    4) "You've got ..." Oh, the hell with it.

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    Re:Various obligatory posts (Score:0)
    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 10, @12:52AM (#11049500)

    You forgot:

    "Now offering our same great disconnect rates for AIM!"

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    Re:Various obligatory posts (Score:1)
    by fredistheking (464407) on Friday December 10, @12:54AM (#11049504)

    Me too!
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    [ Reply to This | Parent ]
    Me too!
  2. Skype by sqrt(2) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    AIM, just like AOL's browser, has just been getting worse and worse with each new version. Although I don't use AOL I've seen the latest version they have, it's awful. With every new version they add more bloat, and more ads.

    I recently got my circle of friends to change from using AIM to Skype, it even has IM functions for the few people who don't have a mic.

    I still have Gaim installed, but I rarely use it now.

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    1. Re:Skype by cnsc1rtr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Mod parent up.

      I hadn't heard of skype before. Thanks for the tip. It's nice that it works on Linux and OS X.

  3. Re:AIMs by Gentlewhisper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Soviet Korea, only old horses beat you.

    Nope, it's Soviet Corea

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