We first met in 2005 with Windows Live Messenger, developed by Microsoft, or MSN Messenger as it is known to everyone. These years were like a transition period for the internet world. The internet had invaded almost every home, but There were no social media platforms dominating the world like today. Even if there are some websites, everyone’s favorite was MSN Messenger with its features that we miss even today.

MSN Messenger passed away in 2013 and has left its place on social media platforms that we can’t get enough of these days. MSN times when many people just discovered the internet. For some reason, being a time period, it offered much nicer times. There are even some features that we would like to have today. Let’s surprise the youngsters a little and remember some details from the MSN days.

Situations experienced by everyone who has used MSN:

Send a subtle message with the What am I listening feature:

In MSN times there was no dating, people loved it. It was not an easy task to write directly to your loved one, Luckily it had a What am I listening feature. Unlike sharing a song on an Instagram story, only the artist name and song are written in the What am I listening feature. What does it matter? Its sole purpose was to look cool to our loved one or to convey the message that we were listening to the same songs as him.

MSN stickers that throw rocks at today’s emojis:

All keyboards these days come with tons of emojis. Not enough, apps also develop their own emojis. Of course it’s still not enough, random letters are used for laughter. In MSN times, there was neither emoji nor random laughter. There were sound stickers that took up the entire screen. Kisses, laughter, and howls would fill the user’s entire screen as soon as you sent them, and if the sound was turned on at the end, it would make a loud enough noise to shake the world.

Vibration function for every application:

MSN users ‘hey are you there?’ he wouldn’t write, he would send vibrations to the other person. MSN vibrations are not like phone vibrations. It shakes the whole screen and creates a very effective vibrating sound. One cannot help but wonder; Why do we only use our phones wonderful vibrate feature for notifications? We call the engineers of the company Meta and again announce our request to send vibrations on WhatsApp.

I’m online, but only for you:

When we say sent ticki, read ticki, online notification, today we can no longer hide. on MSN Messenger We were choosing whether to appear online or not. When we talk to our loved one, we don’t want everyone to see that we are online. We would show ourselves offline and keep talking. Even if the person doing this doesn’t say “I love you”.

Let everyone hear, I’m logged in:

It would be more accurate to say that MSN was not an instant messaging application, but an instant messaging application. because it was a desktop application. In other words, you had to sit in front of the computer and log into your account. The best part about this was that when you signed up, all the people added to your MSN account were notified with audio and video. In fact, if there was someone we wanted to attract, we would log out and re-enter one after the other.

Share MSN password with your loved one:

Nowadays it is much more valuable than adding your loved one’s fingerprint or face as a password to your phone, was to share an MSN password with him. Of course, it is necessary to admit that it is a bit of a toxic situation, but no one can easily give the trust of the lover who shares the password. These messages greeted many coaches with the message ‘Here you go bro, I’m your lover’.

MSN hacked, password cracked:

Today we break our hearts to protect our personal data, set complex passwords and use two-factor authentication. It didn’t matter in MSN times. It’s unknown how, but even the brother of the neighborhood Internet cafe could hack into MSN. This is thought to be due to the simplicity of the security questions asked when you forget your password, but it’s still surprising that it’s so common today.

There used to be no Siri, there were MSN bots:

Today we are used to talking to robots or artificial intelligence, but that was not common in MSN times. You can still download it as an application or by adding the MSN address. There were bots you could talk to. Of course, these bots were developed to provide specific answers to certain questions, but admittedly, it remains exciting.

Get lost in countless MSN themes:

MSN Messenger had a default theme that wasn’t too fancy in blue and white, but for who? There were numerous themes to customize the use of MSN. You can use the theme of your favorite team, your favorite artist or a popular game or movie from that period. Moreover, you can also create a theme by adding your own photo. Those who make their loved one’s photo their theme are in tears.

‘slm nbr ii sec’

Because at that time it was very difficult to type on mobile phones and every SMS had a certain word limit. Abbreviations were common in messages. It’s understandable, but it’s hard to understand why we used abbreviations in MSN correspondence when we had the big keyboard in front of us. In fact typing full words would seem old fashioned, using abbreviations felt so much cooler.

MSN mercenary rumours:

We don’t know if the situation was the same in other countries, but We couldn’t go a day without the claims that MSN was a mercenary. A mass message was sent, told that MSN would be paid after a certain date and asked to send that message to everyone. Although this is still a tradition and there are rumors from time to time that the social media platforms we use today will one day get paid.

Open glass:

In MSN times there was no video chat, a window was open. Yes, glass. Glass, short for the word camera, was loved for some reason and turned into a glass hungry legend. Sometimes we didn’t even turn up the volume, we just tried to see if the people we just met were real. So the fake profile problem was a reality in MSN times as it is today.

Those who say “blow” vs. those who say “Emesen”:

Well, there are three consonants in the middle. Read Turkish if you can’t read English. This sometimes even led to endless discussions. Of course it was correct to say emesen, but some would stubbornly continue to read this abbreviation in Turkish. In fact, for many people, it was one of the fastest ways to understand the other. not the one who says blow.

What came out really did:

In MSN times we weren’t always online as we are today. You had to take your time and sit in front of the computer. But we knew that the person online was really there. Again, we knew that if someone told him to go out now, he was actually going out. Since we were kinder to each other then and instead of answering messages every hour, we let them know that we were not available. What a great application your MSN was.

Popular messaging app from the days when there were no social media We talked about some features that everyone who has used MSN will remember and we went on a short nostalgic trip. MSN times or better today? You can share your thoughts in the comments.