AOL Instant Messenger, or AIM, is dead — but the away message lives on, thanks to a recent Instagram update.
On Tuesday, the social media platform rolled out a series of updates, including the notes feature, which allows users to leave text or emoji updates in posts of up to 60 characters.
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Within hours of the platform unveiling the new features, social media users noticed Instagram notes’ similarity to the away messages of the early 2000s.
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