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there's no need to diss AIM. On the same grounds I could diss the .NET Messenger Service. AIM at least uses something more witty than the MS equivalent - usernames. MS has bogged it down by using e-mail addresses.
IMO, an exception can be made for AOL. Never before have I seen a company produce such extreme amounts of sucktitude.
Before that, I demand that the Y!M icons are re-instated by simply uncommenting several lines in a few templates. Would make it much easier to know who has Y!M, plus then the icons would properly appear in the postbit and the memberlist.
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I'd say instead of adding the Y! icon on each post by people that have Y!M, remove the AIM and ICQ icons, so that it's all fair.
Also, I third (fourth, fifth? Support ) the motion to add an MSN field. The only thing that prevents me from using MSN all the time is the fact that I can't talk to people while being in invisible mode. I'm a fan of "Don't call us: we'll call you" when it comes to on-line communications nowadays, and while Yahoo allows me to talk to the select few I actually want to talk to while being hidden from the others, MSN does not give me that luxury and any time I make myself visible to talk to someone, I am innediately bombarded by messages from others... (And "ignore" isn't an option - all of the people on my list are people I want to communicate with at some time or other, just that I'd prefer to choose that time myself rather than have them bother me at inconvenient times. )
I believe that the reason to have AIM/ICQ and not MSN could be related to the fact that in AIM/ICQ you're identified by a number, but in MSN you're identified by an email address, making you a easy target for spammers...
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ICQ spam is more common, if speaking of IM. Plus you can use e-mail spam filtration and an e-mail address you don't usually use. They get your address from elsewhere anyway; most likely.
"Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - Solver
In addition to what Rasbey said, most people I know never even check the email address associated with their Y! and MSN accounts. They use one account for chat and another for actual e-mails... And it is true that ICQ is much more spammy. Go to almost any popular public room server, and you'll almost instantly get bombarded by porn ads...
I don't use ICQ too much, but I was speaking of email spamming... I don't know if there is email spamming in ICQ. Yes, it's true that a lot people use spam-filters in hotmail (or directly don't read the address), but there is a problem with making email public that the admins could argue
Trying to rehabilitateh and contribuing again to the civ-community
Last time they closed the case by refering to privacy issues, which was basically that an e-mail address had to be public in order to make it work. Humbug. Like my e-mail addresses wouldn't be public in God knows how many places. I think that arguement isn't valid. Just my 0,05€.
"Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - Solver
) the motion to add an MSN field. The only thing that prevents me from using MSN all the time is the fact that I can't talk to people while being in invisible mode. I'm a fan of "Don't call us: we'll call you" when it comes to on-line communications nowadays, and while Yahoo allows me to talk to the select few I actually want to talk to while being hidden from the others, MSN does not give me that luxury and any time I make myself visible to talk to someone, I am innediately bombarded by messages from others... (And "ignore" isn't an option - all of the people on my list are people I want to communicate with at some time or other, just that I'd prefer to choose that time myself rather than have them bother me at inconvenient times. 
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