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Why doesn't anyone use AIM anymore?

It seems that fewer and fewer people are using AIM. Why? It offers the same stuff it always has, and has more features than Facebook and Google chat. Where is everybody going?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I'd like to know the same thing. Everyone uses MSN now. Probably because everyone has hotmail accounts and that's the messenger that works with hotmail. Why does everyone use hotmail? Because everyone has hotmail.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think if you take a survey of what instant messenger everyones ussing aim msn facebook etc, i think Yahoo messnger would win hands down ..you always hear or see someone asking no matter where your at is do you have yahoo messenger very seldom the others ..just my oppion tho ...Thx

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Texting and more and more sites are integrating chat (Facebook, Gmail, etc) so people are just messaging other ways due to convenience.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Texting.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    because alot of people think its lame and stupid. some people arent allowed to have them due to parental restictions too. most people have msn, skype, facebook, or just have phones. so no one has time for aim!

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