“All good things come to an end,” AOL's official AIM account tweeted bittersweetly on Friday.
All good things come to an end. On Dec 15, we'll bid farewell to AIM. Thank you to all our users! #AIMemories https://t.co/b6cjR2tSuU pic.twitter.com/V09Fl7EPMxOctober 6, 2017
After 20 years, the company has announced that it will be shutting down the notorious instant messenger service on December 15, prompting everyone who ever used it to mourn its loss on social media.
Let us bow our heads and collectively appreciate AIM's final curtain call by way of these reaction tweets:
wow AIM is shutting down .. goodbye strawb3rriichula pic.twitter.com/jju8sAg5q3October 6, 2017
Honestly, I'm more surprised that AIM is still around. Thought they killed that off years ago. RIP AIMOctober 6, 2017
RIP AIM. honor this somber day by opening a door and shutting it and opening it again and shutting it till your crush pays attention to youOctober 6, 2017
"Do you have AIM?""Yeah""What's your screen name?""Oh I'm never on it"This is how you knew she didn't like you. :(October 6, 2017
When you're waiting for your 7th grade crush to log onto AIM after school and you hear the *door open* sound. pic.twitter.com/plQsIqdXPJOctober 6, 2017
Raise your hand if you thought AIM was still running. pic.twitter.com/F0Ode4eAaNOctober 6, 2017
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is officially shutting down for good on December 15.Old people: It's the end of an era!Today's kids: pic.twitter.com/P2BRaUuOuvOctober 6, 2017
After 20 years, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is finally shutting down. RIP to the birth place of wild screen names, ASL, chat rooms, and not having to leave your house to talk to strangers. pic.twitter.com/R7lSUoQlHeOctober 6, 2017
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