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twofford · 11-23-2015, 08:49 AM

Hi all,

My name is Taylor Wofford. I'm a journalist. I work at Newsweek magazine. I've done a bit of work on the adult entertainment industry in the past, and I've always wondered: why do you use ICQ? Hardly anybody seems to use ICQ these days, except the adult industry, in which everybody uses it.

Why is that? If you want to talk to me for an article I'd like to write, you can reach me by email at [email protected]. And feel free to google me, or find me on Newsweek. Thanks!

CurrentlySober · 11-23-2015, 08:50 AM

I dont use ICQ...

Denny · 11-23-2015, 08:54 AM

Most of my biz partners and fellow webmasters still use it and it's fine for my needs.

kkkkkk · 11-23-2015, 08:55 AM

Why wouldn't I?

twofford · 11-23-2015, 08:58 AM

Do you think there's a reason people in this industry seem to use it when it doesn't get used much elsewhere, at least not in the US?

Porko · 11-23-2015, 08:58 AM

Although we offer skype, many (big) affiliates who promote SeeMyBucks still using ICQ. It's fast, safe and it works. As affilaite's program, the key is to offer many ways to contact you and ICQ is one of them. I prefer skype.

twofford · 11-23-2015, 09:00 AM

Why do you think that is, when Skype is (in my opinion) easier to use and more 'modern'?

mineistaken · 11-23-2015, 09:01 AM

There has been a thread about it, quite a number of webmasters no longer use it, so it is not "everybody".
Just 2 cents.

Ps: I use it because I do not want to mix it with my mainstream business as well as with personal skype account.

yuu.design · 11-23-2015, 09:04 AM

just because some of my clients use icq, not other reason

J. Falcon · 11-23-2015, 09:04 AM

It's like an adult industry tradition. People have been using since forever and it's hard to break away from it.

XMaster · 11-23-2015, 09:06 AM

Was trendy in 1999, oldschoold in 2005 and now i suppose it's a nostalgia of the old time when you could make money with porn.

nikki99 · 11-23-2015, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by kkkkkk

Why wouldn't I?

9 posts in 11years

twofford · 11-23-2015, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by mineistaken

There has been a thread about it, quite a number of webmasters no longer use it, so it is not "everybody".
Just 2 cents.

Ps: I use it because I do not want to mix it with my mainstream business as well as with personal skype account.

Do you have a link to that thread, by any chance?

The Porn Nerd · 11-23-2015, 09:37 AM

Hit me up on ICQ and I will tell you everything you want to know.

(I was also a journalist tho never wrote for Newsweek. Does the Post still own them?)

romeo22 · 11-23-2015, 09:40 AM

I use it also but not very often

NeedSex · 11-23-2015, 09:45 AM

For some reason, Russian webmasters prefer icq before skype

PR_Glen · 11-23-2015, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by twofford

Why do you think that is, when Skype is (in my opinion) easier to use and more 'modern'?

why limit your communications by any means? will your article only work on internet explorer exclusively?

Barry-xlovecam · 11-23-2015, 10:11 AM

The Russians own it -- I have to play all sides :OP

ICQ works well on LINUX the MicroCrap Skype doesn't.

mineistaken · 11-23-2015, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by NeedSex

For some reason, Russian webmasters prefer icq before skype

Maybe because ICQ is still somewhat used in Russia in general.

The Porn Nerd · 11-23-2015, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by NeedSex

For some reason, Russian webmasters prefer icq before skype

Easier to hack and spam?

Babaganoosh · 11-23-2015, 11:04 AM

People who have been in the business for a long time started using it because that's the only option we had then. There was AOL instant messenger but it was just too...childish I suppose? I never did like it.

Today, all of my old contacts are still on ICQ. I rarely turn on Skype except for personal use. Maybe segregation between my fellow porn slingers and my personal contacts is why I still use it.

twofford · 11-23-2015, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by NeedSex

For some reason, Russian webmasters prefer icq before skype

How much of the porn industry is run by Russians?

VSKevin · 11-23-2015, 11:21 AM

Because you don't know any other technology that exists. :P

I prefer Skype.

bmwracer41 · 11-23-2015, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twofford

Hi all,

My name is Taylor Wofford. I'm a journalist. I work at Newsweek magazine. I've done a bit of work on the adult entertainment industry in the past, and I've always wondered: why do you use ICQ? Hardly anybody seems to use ICQ these days, except the adult industry, in which everybody uses it.

Why is that? If you want to talk to me for an article I'd like to write, you can reach me by email at [email protected]. And feel free to google me, or find me on Newsweek. Thanks!

personally not a HUGE fan of it, prefer skype - but tons of my contacts use it - its very relevant on this biz

sperbonzo · 11-23-2015, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

People who have been in the business for a long time started using it because that's the only option we had then. There was AOL instant messenger but it was just too...childish I suppose? I never did like it.

Today, all of my old contacts are still on ICQ. I rarely turn on Skype except for personal use. Maybe segregation between my fellow porn slingers and my personal contacts is why I still use it.

EXACTLY. When I started back in this business in 1999,ICQ was the only way to go.

For my non-adult I use Skype but ICQ has stuck around in adult since it works and why change?

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Mickey_ · 11-23-2015, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by twofford

Do you have a link to that thread, by any chance?

Here you go -- https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-pr...57331-icq.html

In addition to the reasons mentioned, Skype was lagging behind in one fundamental area: Offline messages. The way it handled offline messages made communicating across multiple timezones via the platform less reliable. Their cloud-based history has since resolved this issue and most of their recent updates have been solid across all platforms, even after MS acquired them.

I haven't used ICQ more than a handful of times in the past year.

Mediamix · 11-23-2015, 11:28 AM

I only use smoke signals!

TrashyGirl · 11-23-2015, 11:33 AM

Because you can buy 6 digit ICQ names on eBay and appear to be legit and long time in the biz, even when you're not.

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TheMoneyMan · 11-23-2015, 11:42 AM

I used ICQ for a while, it seemed more popular in the Eastern Countries.

mineistaken · 11-23-2015, 11:56 AM

So newsweek will have an article about adult webmasters using ICQ?

JA$ON · 11-23-2015, 11:58 AM

haven't used it since about 2005

RyuLion · 11-23-2015, 12:00 PM

Because I have a lot of affiliates that contact me from there, they don't use email too much..

poncabare · 11-23-2015, 12:14 PM

skype seems much easier to use

brassmonkey · 11-23-2015, 12:16 PM

faster than email fuk skype

gnawledge · 11-23-2015, 12:19 PM

I like ICQ, it's old school pimp. Skype is ok for certain things. But cell phone, tablet and Mac I like ICQ. I wish more used it.

twofford · 11-23-2015, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mineistaken

So newsweek will have an article about adult webmasters using ICQ?

I'm just doing preliminary research right now, and I can't say who will publish something if I decide to write it.

AntonMG · 11-23-2015, 12:54 PM

I Still have 2 ICQ accounts (one personal and one for the industry) but there's not much happening on there currently.
I mostly use Skype.

Rob · 11-23-2015, 12:54 PM

I quit using ICQ in 2003.

mineistaken · 11-23-2015, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob

I quit using ICQ in 2003.

You should probably add that you quit it for email and not for some other IM though.

There were no other widely used IM for adult people back then.

Paul Markham · 11-23-2015, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by twofford

Do you think there's a reason people in this industry seem to use it when it doesn't get used much elsewhere, at least not in the US?

The US isn't the entire world.

So long as some people in the industry use it, will will continue to. IMO I prefer it to Skype for chat. For cam chat, prefer Skype.

ITraffic · 11-23-2015, 01:37 PM

Google Expert · 11-23-2015, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twofford

Why do you think that is, when Skype is (in my opinion) easier to use and more 'modern'?

Skype is a piece of shit.

Black All Through · 11-23-2015, 02:21 PM

I haven't used if for maybe 3 years, dumped them all, I only use skype.

oppoten · 11-23-2015, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mineistaken

So newsweek will have an article about adult webmasters using ICQ?

It's probably about the decline of the industry.

How it *was* cutting-edge but social media's taken over. He's not the first mainstreamer to comment on the ICQ thing, like it's a symptom of the decline.

mineistaken · 11-23-2015, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by oppoten

It's probably about the decline of the industry.

How it *was* cutting-edge but social media's taken over. He's not the first mainstreamer to comment on the ICQ thing, like it's a symptom of the decline.

I am not sure. ICQ is being used less because of new alternatives.
If you talk about declining numbers of webmasters why talk it through the numbers of ICQ users? Just talk about declining numbers of webmasters.
That would be ridiculous - Some webmasters are switching to skype because adult industry is declining, lol. And some are staying on ICQ, menaing those are staying strong, lol.

Even the original quote does not imply anything like that, it was simply:

why do you use ICQ? Hardly anybody seems to use ICQ these days, except the adult industry, in which everybody uses it.

J. Falcon · 11-23-2015, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twofford

How much of the porn industry is run by Russians?

You ask a lot of questions.

oppoten · 11-23-2015, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mineistaken

Even the original quote does not imply anything like that, it was simply:

why do you use ICQ? Hardly anybody seems to use ICQ these days, except the adult industry, in which everybody uses it.

The point (I think) is that to an outsider, the use of ICQ is dated.

Especially to someone from the media or social media, who want to present themselves as the driving force of the web. Just my

kkkkkk · 11-23-2015, 03:07 PM

MaDalton · 11-23-2015, 03:11 PM

it works, i have a few hundred contacts sorted in folder (using Trillian Astra client) which is a huge hassle if not impossible in Skype, it uses much less resources than Skype, some older clients don't use anything else than ICQ

it's about practicability, not fashion

Chosen · 11-23-2015, 08:33 PM

Why not?

11-23-2015, 08:49 AM	#1
twofford Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 13	Why do you use ICQ? Hi all, My name is Taylor Wofford. I'm a journalist. I work at Newsweek magazine. I've done a bit of work on the adult entertainment industry in the past, and I've always wondered: why do you use ICQ? Hardly anybody seems to use ICQ these days, except the adult industry, in which everybody uses it. Why is that? If you want to talk to me for an article I'd like to write, you can reach me by email at [email protected]. And feel free to google me, or find me on Newsweek. Thanks!

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mineistaken See signature :) Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: ICQ 363 097 773 Posts: 29,656	There has been a thread about it, quite a number of webmasters no longer use it, so it is not "everybody". Just 2 cents. Ps: I use it because I do not want to mix it with my mainstream business as well as with personal skype account.

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