Editing Gadu-Gadu

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{{Infobox software
| name = Gadu-Gadu
| logo = Gadu-gadu.png
| logo size = 200px
| screenshot = 
| caption = Gadu-Gadu
| collapsible = 
| author = 
| developer = Fintecom Sp. z o.o.
| released = {{start date and age|2000|08|15}}
| discontinued = 
| latest release version = 12.4.109.12193
| latest release date = 
| programming language = 
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]], [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Symbian]], [[Windows Phone]], [[BlackBerry OS]]
| platform = 
| size = 5
| language = Polish and English
| status = 
| genre = Instant messaging client
| license = [[adware]]
| website = {{url|https://www.gg.pl}}
}}

'''Gadu-Gadu''' ([[Polish language|Polish]] for "chit-chat"; commonly known as '''GG''' or '''gg''') is a Polish [[instant messaging]] [[client (computing)|client]] using a [[proprietary protocol]]. At one time, Gadu-Gadu was the most popular IM service in [[Poland]], with over 15 million registered accounts and approximately 6.5 million users online daily.{{Citation needed|reason=This was the case somewhere about 3 years ago, but not anymore, needs verification|date=April 2017}} Gadu-Gadu's casual gaming portal had some 500,000 active users as at the end of March 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naspers.com/index.cfm?content=7109 |title=Brands &#124; Gadu Gadu |publisher=Naspers.com |access-date=29 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320043038/http://www.naspers.com/index.cfm?content=7109 |archive-date=20 March 2009 }}</ref> Users send up to 300 million messages per day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://info.gadu-gadu.pl/producent/historia |title=Historia Gadu-Gadu &#124; Gadu-Gadu - Multimedialna Platforma Komunikacyjna |publisher=Info.gadu-gadu.pl |language=Polish |access-date=29 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818130143/http://info.gadu-gadu.pl/producent/historia |archive-date=18 August 2011}}</ref>

Gadu-Gadu is financed by the display of [[Advertising|advertisements]]. The developer is based in [[Koszalin]], Poland and the company is wholly owned by another Polish company, Fintecom.

== Features ==

Gadu-Gadu uses its own proprietary protocol. As with [[ICQ]], users are identified by unique serial numbers. Protocol's features include [[status message]]s, [[file sharing]], and [[VoIP]]. Users may [[formatted text|format]] and embed images in messages. Starting from client version 6.0, an experimental feature utilizing a secure [[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]] connection was introduced, although it remained inactive until the beta release of version 10.0.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ponikowski |first=Mateusz |title=Szyfrowanie w Gadu-Gadu 10 |url=https://www.instalki.pl/aktualnosci/software/3511-szyfrowanie-w-gadu-gadu-10.html |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=www.instalki.pl |date=29 March 2010 |language=pl-pl}}</ref>

The official client provides over 150 [[emoticons]], allows grouping contacts, sending [[SMS]] and integrates with other services run by the same company: a virtual Internet dial-up, a [[social networking]] site MojaGeneracja.pl (defunct since 5 November 2012) and an [[internet radio]] Open.fm.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

On February 9, 2009, a significant new major version of the application, named ''Nowe Gadu-Gadu'' (which translates to "New Gadu-Gadu" in Polish), was released. The [[graphical user interface]] underwent a complete overhaul, being rebuilt from scratch using the [[Qt (software)|Qt framework]]. This update brought along a range of notable enhancements, including the introduction of [[voice calling]] capabilities, a [[spell checker]], an anti-[[Spamming|spam]] filter, the ability to display [[YouTube]] videos directly within the chat window as embeds, customizable skins, the addition of tabs, and several other additions aimed at improving the user experience and security.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-02-09 |title=Rewolucja w komunikatorze Gadu-Gadu! |url=https://www.chip.pl/2009/02/rewolucja-w-komunikatorze-gadu-gadu |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=CHIP - Technologie mamy we krwi! |language=pl}}</ref>

Gadu-Gadu allows its users to add personal information to a publicly searchable directory. Language options include English and Polish. There is also a browser version available.

== Blip.pl ==
'''Blip.pl''' (or just '''Blip''') was a Polish [[social networking]] internet service, founded in May 2007 and currently owned by Gadu-Gadu. It had [[microblogging]] capability. Soon after being established, it was purchased by Gadu-Gadu S.A in June 2007.

About 329,000 people visited the site in June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dominik|last=Szarek|url=http://interaktywnie.com/biznes/newsy/raporty-i-badania/prawie-1-2-mln-internautow-korzysta-z-mikroblogow-537|title=Prawie 1,2 mln internautów korzysta z mikroblogów|website=interaktywnie.com|date=5 October 2009|language=Polish}}</ref> In October 2009 the number of posts on the network exceeded ten million.<ref>{{cite web|first=Agata|last=Kozak|url=http://www.bliplog.pl/10-milionow-wiadomosci-wyslanych-na-blipie-dzieki/415|title=10 milionów wiadomości wysłanych na Blipie! Dzięki!|website=Bliplog.pl|date=20 October 2009|language=Polish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315220434/http://www.bliplog.pl/10-milionow-wiadomosci-wyslanych-na-blipie-dzieki/415|archive-date=15 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> By 4 December 2010 the service had 80,000 users.<ref>[http://stats.blipi.pl/blip Blipi.pl - statystyki.]</ref> Notable Polish celebrities and politicians, such as [[Lech Wałęsa]] and [[Grzegorz Napieralski]], used the site.<ref>{{cite web|first=Daniel|last=Kotowski|url=http://di.com.pl/news/27579,0,Slawy_na_Blipie_droga_do_sukcesu.html|title=Sławy na Blipie drogą do sukcesu?|website=W: Dziennik Internautów|date=17 July 2009|language=Polish}}</ref> The service was used as a communication channel of various governmental services, for example [[Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych|ZUS]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 October 2009|title=Blip: ZUS zaczął blipować|first=Mariusz|last=Koryszewski|url=http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,81010,7163714,Blip__ZUS_zaczal_blipowac.html|language=Polish|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323164309/http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,81010,7163714,Blip__ZUS_zaczal_blipowac.html|archive-date=23 March 2014|access-date=1 July 2019|website=gazeta.pl}}</ref>

Blip was closed on 2 September 2013, following a two-month advance notice. During this period, users could choose to migrate their accounts to [[Wykop.pl|Wykop]], which hosts a similar microblogging service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wczoraj część z Was zauważyła dość zastanawiającą...|url=https://www.wykop.pl/wpis/1985589/wczoraj-czesc-z-was-zauwazyla-dosc-zastanawiajaca-/|access-date=1 July 2019|language=Polish|website=Wykop.pl|date=July 2013 }}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Comparison of instant messaging clients]]
* [[Comparison of instant messaging protocols]]

== References ==

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== External links ==
* {{in lang|pl}} {{official website|http://gg.pl/}}

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