AOL will be shutting down AIM, its instant messenger service, on December 15. This iconic product was highly popular during its heyday. According to the Wall Street Journal, AIM grew from 13 million users in 1997 to over 65 million users in 2000. While some of us will lament the the closure of AIM, these feelings are more nostalgia than anything else. The truth is that many of us stopped using the platform long ago and we have migrated to other platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
