MySpace fans want it back as relaunch hinted
Why MySpace fans want it back as relaunch hinted
MySpace, once the world's biggest social network, is reportedly planning a comeback, stirring nostalgia among users who remember it as a place for raw, unfiltered self-expression. Former users and creators like Melissa Kristin hope a revived platform would avoid algorithmic feeds and prioritize personal connection. Marketing experts suggest MySpace should differentiate itself by focusing on music and 2000s culture, potentially appealing to younger generations nostalgic for early-2000s aesthetics.
You could be authentic on MySpace. Upload raw images, no filters. You could have snot coming out your nose and nobody would judge.
- emursebrian
I roasted MySpace hard back in the day, but now I kind of miss it. I was all too happy to move over to Facebook and leave MySpace behind.
For me, the exodus from MySpace to Facebook marks the inflection point were smaller internet communities died and were replaced with services from megacorps.
At the time, MySpace was an echo of free homepage sites on providers like AngelFire and Geocities. My friend group had moved over to MySpace from a custom site our friend hosted on a server in his living room. His web site did pretty much everything that MySpace did, MySpace just did it better.
I don't want MySpace back, but I do want some of the cool interactive content back that seems to all but have died out.
- marginalia_nu
I can see why people might want it to come back, but I don't think bringing it back will bring back the good old days.
Much of that was made the early web less shit was people being more mentally stable by having most of their social interactions happen for real offline, rather than clinging like Harlow's monkey to a simulacrum of togetherness mediated via a screen like we do today.
- kilroy123
My first paid software gig was making a famous person's MySpace page. I got my first software job because of this. So I have a real soft spot for MySpace.
I made a fun thing this week for nostalgia:
- TazeTSchnitzel
They can try to bring back something resembling the MySpace experience, but they can't bring back the millions of songs they deleted in 2018 with no backup. That was a great crime against modern music history.
- iansmith_hn
Talk about rose-colored glasses and "the good ol' days". All I can remember are the animated gifs flash and spinning around on people's pages...