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AOL Instant Messenger, one of the earlier and most popular chat programs, will be shut down Dec. 15.
The program released in 1997 has been replaced by text messages, Google Chat, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and other services.
Known as AIM, the program was at its height the social center for teenagers and young adults.
“AIM tapped into new digital technologies and ignited a cultural shift, but the way in which we communicate with each other has profoundly changed,” said Michael Albers, a vice president at Oath, the parent company of AOL.
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