The company themselves state that profiles are available for media and marketing purposes, compromising the security of users. The only downside to AIM is that profiles are public for anyone to see. This appears either on their profile or in your chat list, with a green circle next to their name. Message your friends at the right moment, by checking that they are online. AIM automatically formulates a list of top friends, the people you talk to the most, and you can edit it manually. You can create chat lists so you can organize your friends and colleagues more clearly. Also, share photos, audio clips, and videos with them quickly and securely.
You can customize your profile with a picture and a short caption, so your friends and family know it’s you. The company discontinued AIM as a service on December 15, 2017.AIM connects you to your friends and family, so they are always an instant message away.ĪOL Instant Messenger (AIM) allows users to chat in real-time with friends, and add new users to their friends' lists.
In June 2017, Verizon combined AOL and Yahoo into its subsidiary Oath Inc. In June 2015, AOL was acquired by Verizon Communications. Its fall has often been compared with other once-popular Internet services, such as Myspace. AIM's popularity declined as AOL subscribers started decreasing and steeply towards the 2010s, as Gmail's Google Talk, SMS, and Internet social networks, like Facebook gained popularity. Teens and college students were known to use the messenger's away message feature to keep in touch with friends, often frequently changing their away message throughout a day or leaving a message up with one's computer left on to inform buddies of their ongoings, location, parties, thoughts, or jokes. Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile, macOS, Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, Android TVĪIM was popular by the late 1990s, in United States and other countries, and was the leading instant messaging application in that region into the following decade.
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