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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:AOL is sadly the standard by the+angry+liberal · · Score: 0, Troll

    The standard? WTF crack rock are you smoking? You have got to be karma whoring or just clueless if you think there is any kind of monopoly on IM.

    It is no more standard than going to cnn.com for your news. There are plenty of other choices, namely, Yahoo, MSN, IRC, talk.c, Jabber, cell phone IM networks, etc.

    The reason why "more decentralized open standards for IM" aren't useful is because people aren't unhappy with this FREE (well, ad supported) service. If there were a monopoly, people would not be able to change to an alternative, as was the case with cable providers before the days of digital satellite. You can simply install MSN and talk a friend or two into joining you there. Big deal, most people run more than one messenger anyway.

    Now, please check in again when you have another totally asinine subject to whine about.