Oath Is Shutting Down AOL Instant Messenger for Good

It's the end of an era

Oath is finally putting the little yellow running man to bed.

Before there was Twitter or Facebook or Snapchat or MySpace, there was AOL Instant Messenger—the social network of choice for many millennials and Gen Xers throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. However, the Verizon-owned service is shutting down after 20 years, on Dec. 15.

In a blog post, Oath vp of communications product Michael Albers said the messaging service “tapped into new digital technologies and ignited a cultural shift.”

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