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AIM had a similar add-on as well; I recall spooking lots of friends like this and telling them I was a Jedi :P

Pidgin had this too for clients which supported it. It even warned you by displaying: "You feel a disturbance in the force." Good times.

Came here to post exactly that, I really enjoyed that feature back in the days!

Ha! I remember Trillian having the same exact phrasing

It was even funnier when I saw a friend’s sister kept opening up a chat box to see my profile picture without ever saying a word ;)