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icecream · 11-13-2021, 12:48 PM

I have heard My Space was once as popular or more than Facebook. Yet its popularity died a long time ago in an era today where social media otherwise thrives in places like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok.

GentlemanJim · 11-13-2021, 01:19 PM

I never really got into Myspace that much, so the following might be ignorant...but I always saw myspace as more of a platform for teenaged guys to put up embellished profiles trying to impress their teeneybop female classmates.

Facebook, OTOH, had all the games.

Penny Lane · 11-13-2021, 01:29 PM

Facebook took over

JamesG · 11-13-2021, 09:48 PM

This YouTuber did a great video on MySpace's demise:

RetroGuy2000 · 11-14-2021, 12:48 AM

I got on MySpace in 2005, when I worked at Disney. All of my co-workers were using it, and it was THE place go to when you wanted to find out who was having what party, and where to be that night.

I switched to Facebook when I started working at my new workplace in 2008; the new team I was working on was a generation older than my old team, and had never had MySpace accounts. I feel like Facebook kicked MySpace to the curb. The last time I even talked to someone about MySpace might have been 2009. No-one was using it anymore.

Last year, during the peak of the lockdowns, I found my old MySpace account and logged in. It made me very sad over long-lost names I hadn't seen in over a decade. People I had once partied with. People I had been fond of, as co-workers. None of them were even on the platform anymore.

Theda Bara · 11-14-2021, 01:15 AM

There was a HUGE exodus to Facebook back in 2009, people literally abandoned MySpace.

I used to spend hours and hours (on MySpace) looking for new bands to check out. Fun Times!

Babalu · 11-14-2021, 09:00 AM

I don't use any of that, but I certainly hope that Facebook will become as obsolete one day. The sooner the better.

icecream · 11-14-2021, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Theda Bara

There was a HUGE exodus to Facebook back in 2009, people literally abandoned MySpace.

I used to spend hours and hours (on MySpace) looking for new bands to check out. Fun Times!

Funny, 2009 was the year I joined Facebook. But I never had a MySpace account.

icecream · 11-14-2021, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Babalu

I don't use any of that, but I certainly hope that Facebook will become as obsolete one day. The sooner the better.

I enjoy Facebook. Sure, Mark Zuckerberg is a pompous jerk, but it is still a good place for the friends and pages I follow, and great games like Cookie Jam.

Axl Rose · 11-14-2021, 05:04 PM

Gaudy pages and the crappy emo music that autoplayed on them.

I loved the customization though. I never got into FB.

Theda Bara · 11-14-2021, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by icecream

Funny, 2009 was the year I joined Facebook. But I never had a MySpace account.

I crossed over to Facebook about the same time. I had a FB account for nearly a decade then I decided to delete my page. No regrets since I am not interested in social media anymore.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I loved MySpace, I thought it was vast superior to Facebook, but that is my IMO.

AMackII · 11-15-2021, 12:33 PM

MySpace was very relevant & active during the mid-late 2000s until most users mostly got linked to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter more often on day to day basis

Janice Johnson · 11-16-2021, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by AMackII

MySpace was very relevant & active during the mid-late 2000s until most users mostly got linked to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter more often on day to day basis

I wonder if Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram NEVER were created would Myspace still be wildly active today?

Janice Johnson · 11-16-2021, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by AMackII

MySpace was very relevant & active during the mid-late 2000s until most users mostly got linked to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter more often on day to day basis

I wonder if Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram NEVER were created would Myspace still be wildly active today?

11-13-2021, 12:48 PM	#1
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11-13-2021, 01:19 PM	#2
GentlemanJim Concerns, Support, & Feedback Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 26, 2019 Location: The back country Posts: 5,443	I never really got into Myspace that much, so the following might be ignorant...but I always saw myspace as more of a platform for teenaged guys to put up embellished profiles trying to impress their teeneybop female classmates. Facebook, OTOH, had all the games.
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11-13-2021, 01:29 PM	#3
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RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	I got on MySpace in 2005, when I worked at Disney. All of my co-workers were using it, and it was THE place go to when you wanted to find out who was having what party, and where to be that night. I switched to Facebook when I started working at my new workplace in 2008; the new team I was working on was a generation older than my old team, and had never had MySpace accounts. I feel like Facebook kicked MySpace to the curb. The last time I even talked to someone about MySpace might have been 2009. No-one was using it anymore. Last year, during the peak of the lockdowns, I found my old MySpace account and logged in. It made me very sad over long-lost names I hadn't seen in over a decade. People I had once partied with. People I had been fond of, as co-workers. None of them were even on the platform anymore.
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11-14-2021, 09:00 AM	#7
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11-13-2021, 09:48 PM	#4
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,079	This YouTuber did a great video on MySpace's demise:

11-14-2021, 01:15 AM	#6
Theda Bara Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 27, 2006 Posts: 7,154	There was a HUGE exodus to Facebook back in 2009, people literally abandoned MySpace. I used to spend hours and hours (on MySpace) looking for new bands to check out. Fun Times!

11-14-2021, 05:04 PM	#10
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11-15-2021, 12:33 PM	#12
AMackII Member Forum Star Join Date: Oct 23, 2015 Location: St. Louis Posts: 17,216	MySpace was very relevant & active during the mid-late 2000s until most users mostly got linked to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter more often on day to day basis