AOL Intrusive Messenger

William Shunn
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Raise your hand if AOL automatically added an "AIM Bots" groups to your IM client, with MovieFone and ShoppingBuddy as members.

Fucking AOL. I switched to Trillian to get away from this shit. I guess the only way to escape is to stop using the AIM network altogether.

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William Shunn
William Shunn

Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.

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As if there weren't enough already. So I installed the latest upgrade to AOL Instant Messenger the other day. Now, I'm no naif here. I've done this enough times to know that, after an AIM upgrade, you have to go back into your preferences

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