I have heard that ICQ is both a good program and a bad program. Does anybody have an opinion?

If you look at my profile you'll see I am a ICQ user.(2 years)
My Opinion? ,Its good,But you have to be prepared to take "Spammy" instant messages. and leave your status(flower) icon in the "busy" mode.
You will get a lot of strangers asking for chats.
But on the credit side you will chat to people in far away countries (I have had chats with people in Hong Kong/Australia/and the US)(Wider audience than Answerpool!)
As regard navigating around the setup and browser.You do need a bit of patience.
If you want an alternative program try
Paltalk? .Here you can talk "live" to people/sometimes see them as well as texting them.All you need to do is download a small set up program from the site (and the public rooms are supervised)always busy,Some ICQ users use this site as a backup.all you will have to do to go live is buy a cheap mike,
the people on the site will help you set it up.
Note Icq is a "resource eater" so you have to "Exit" ICQ to carry on surfing "normally" (file size 14 MB)
The Paltalk Prog is "only" 1.3MB big !

In my opinion, icq is really really good! i meet friends online far away and i have been using it for 1.5 years and i still like it!

Icq have many different features. For example, you can set the status (busy, online, DND, N/A..etc) they also have a message box where you can leave a message about what you are doing. MSN don't have these kind of features which is really sad!

Well, besides that, they also have a section where you can put in your infomation so it will be easier for other people to find you! I think that's really neat. Also, they also have some setting that protect your privacy. For example, if you don't want anybody to send you webmail or find you, you can change the settings! Trust me, icq is very very good, try it if you don't have it yet!

Here is the official website for ICQ information...


www.icq.com/whatisicq???


Enjoy!