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||<tablestyle="float:right;" colspan="2">'''Alicorn ChirpChirp'''||
||<colspan="2">''instant messaging service''||
||<style="font-size:48px;line-height:100%;" colspan="2">💬||
||developer || [[Collusion]] ~-(1995-1999)-~<<BR>>[[AlicornSystems]] ~-(1999-present)-~||
||platform||PC<<BR>>web<<BR>>[[PegasOS]]<<BR>>[[FaeFone]]||

'''ChirpChirp''' is an instant messaging platform popular in Centralia. Initially released in 1995 by [[Collusion]], the product was acquired by [[AlicornSystems]] following Collusion's 1999 dissolution and remains in active development. Alicorn offers dedicated ChirpChirp clients for PC and mobile operating systems, as well as a web-based interface.

Today, ChirpChirp is used both for personal communication and by businesses and institutions. One notable institution employing ChirpChirp is [[DameAdorabellesAcademy]], which provides all students, faculty, and staff with [[ChirpChirp]] accounts, though users must report in person to the school's lone computer lab to activate their acccounts. [[PrincessAlice]] has been known to use her school account for ''all'' communications, even those that would seem better suited for a personal or governmental account. [[TzeTze]] doesn't bother to correct her on it, because he prefers IRC anyways.

In 2023, Alicorn released the [[ChirpChirp]] protocol as a free and open standard, allowing for federation with third-party server implementations.

== See also ==

 * [[Blathr]]