History Platform / Myspace

[[http://www.myspace.com/ Myspace]] is a social networking website that boasted over 60 million users at its height of popularity, and was easily one of the largest websites of all time. The site was generally known as a meeting place for kids, a marketing venue for bands and celebrities, and a hunting ground for [[StalkerWithACrush creeps]]. Thanks to that last one, it figured prominently into ''Series/{{Dateline}}'''s ''To Catch a Predator'' series, as Perverted Justice used it to attract potential child molesters.

Myspace also lets anyone make a kind of mini-webpage, so be on the lookout for [[http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1723/closinggeocitiesxkcd.png eye-stabbing graphics]] and a [[http://xkcd.com/134/ loud mp3]] of that single you hated from 2002, except louder!

* BannedInChina: In countries where that is often done (Iran, China, Syria, etc.).

* CreatorBacklash: Tom said this, and on his {{Facebook}} profile no less.
--> "''Why am I not on Myspace? Because, I left the company in early 2009, and like most of you, I don't like using it anymore.. not a fan of what the new folks have done with Myspace.''"

* OldShame: Many twenty-somethings, even those who claim to hate the "new Myspace", are probably quietly thanking them for having deleted all of the old profiles in 2013, as otherwise, the site would have made for an embarrassing time capsule of their awkward teen years.

* OldShame: For many twenty-somethings, the site is an embarrassing time capsule of their awkward teen years. (Or it would be, if the site owners hadn't deleted all of the old profiles in 2013.)

After failing to bring in more traffic with its [[ReTool retool]], News Corp. finally sold the site in July 2011 to a company called Specific Media for a mere $35 million (compared to the $580 million News Corp. bought Myspace for in 2005 back when it was popular. Percentage-wise, that's worse depreciation than a new car and almost as bad as a computer), and apparently JustinTimberlake has a large stake in the site now as well as a say in its creative direction, which for the next year or so seemed to be following the same "Social Entertainment" path it was already on. In late 2012, the new owners finally tried to revamp the site, calling it "The New Myspace", and basically copying Facebook's timeline feature (scrolling horizontally rather than vertically). Users have to make brand new profiles to access it though. "Classic" (as in post-2010) Myspace was still available for several months, but as with previous retools, it was little surprise that this was eventually discontinued and users were forced to make new profiles anyway. In a most controversial move, Myspace also went and deleted all the existing blogs, comments and messages (or at least made them inaccessible) without ''any'' warning whatsoever, which did ''not'' amuse the fanbase.

'''Thirteen Ways To Fit In With The Rest of Myspace'''

* OldShame: For many twenty-somethings the site is an embarrassing time capsule of their awkward teen years.

* SeriousBusiness: Back in the day, serious drama arose over the placement of a friend in the "Top 8". If one of your best friends wasn't number one, or even ''on'' the top 8, there could be hell to pay if they were petty enough to get mad over it (and many people were). And when you delete someone from your friends list, you might as well be punching them in the gut.
** You could solve that problem once Myspace allowed you to make it a Top 12, 16, 20 or any increment of 4 up to 36.
*** Unless you had 37 friends with really thin skins.

* IncompetenceInc: As if losing people to Facebook wasn't bad enough, they had to dig themselves into a deeper ditch by ignoring all the users who were still on board with their ReTool. Basically, they gambled away their longtime users in hopes of attracting more new ones, and lost hard.
** NewsCorp bought it at the ''very peak'' of popularity and value. It's been a depreciating asset ever since.
** By the look of things, the new owners are continuing with the same behavior, disregarding any longtime users still on the site.

# And for triple bonus points, do a [[http://whatport80.com/Fat_girl_angle_shot Fat Girl Angle Shot]]. Barring that, a standard [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duck-face Duckface]] maneuver will do. Just make sure that, if done in the bathroom, this isn't ''directly'' in front of [[ToiletHumor the toilet]], [[EpicFail especially if you didn't flush yet]].

# ...and of course, have a Myspace page that you haven't updated since sometime in 2008 (but with it's old layout completely gone due to the upgrades, naturally).

# And for triple bonus points, do a [[http://whatport80.com/Fat_girl_angle_shot Fat Girl Angle Shot]]. Barring that, a standard [[http://www.antiduckface.com Duckface]] maneuver will do. Just make sure that, if done in the bathroom, this isn't ''directly'' in front of [[ToiletHumor the toilet]], [[EpicFail especially if you didn't flush yet]].

* InterfaceScrew

Most of the remaining users weren't too happy about the changes, not just because of the [[InterfaceScrew messy new layout]] that slowed down many computers, but also because users were then spammed by friend requests by 'celebrities' as part of their new WereStillRelevantDammit-style marketing approach. In December 2010 and for the next several months they allowed different celebrities to "hijack" the site in an effort to attract the celebrity's fans. After huge outcries of TheyChangedItNowItSucks, Myspace [[AuthorsSavingThrow agreed to allow users to get their 1.0 profiles back]] by "downgrading" (1.0 profiles always gave much more freedom to edit and personalize, when using the right layout codes, hence hardly anyone ever "upgraded" from them unless forced to). Some time after the site was sold they eventually did finally force the upgrades on every profile, but by then there weren't very many people left to complain about it.

After failing to bring in more traffic with its [[ReTool retool]], News Corp. finally sold the site in July 2011 to a company called Specific Media for a mere $35 million (compared to the $580 million News Corp. bought Myspace for in 2005 back when it was popular. Percentage-wise, that's worse depreciation than a new car and almost as bad as a computer), and apparently JustinTimberlake has a large stake in the site now as well as a say in its creative direction, which for the next year or so seemed to be following the same "Social Entertainment" path it was already on. In late 2012, the new owners finally tried to revamp the site, calling it "The New Myspace", and basically copying Facebook's timeline feature (scrolling horizontally rather than vertically). Users have to make brand new profiles to access it though. "Classic" (as in post-2010) Myspace was still available for several months, but as with previous retools, it was little surprise that this was eventually discontinued and users were forced to make new profiles anyway. In a most controversial move, Myspace also went and deleted all the existing blogs (or at least made them inaccessible) without ''any'' warning whatsoever, which did ''not'' amuse the fanbase.

After failing to bring in more traffic with its [[ReTool retool]], News Corp. finally sold the site in July 2011 to a company called Specific Media for a mere $35 million (compared to the $580 million News Corp. bought Myspace for in 2005 back when it was popular. Percentage-wise, that's worse depreciation than a new car and almost as bad as a computer), and apparently JustinTimberlake has a large stake in the site now as well as a say in its creative direction, which for the next year or so seemed to be following the same "Social Entertainment" path it was already on. In late 2012, the new owners finally tried to revamp the site, calling it "The New Myspace", and basically copying Facebook's timeline feature (scrolling horizontally rather than vertically). Users have to make brand new profiles to access it though. "Classic" (as in post-2010) Myspace was still available for several months, but as with previous retools, it was little surprise that this was eventually discontinued and users were forced to make new profiles anyway.

# Grab a generic profile template off any of the random Myspace graphics sites available online! [[hottip:*:You won't be able to do this unless you downgrade, though.]]

# Add a fake celebrity or Tila Tequila as your friend![[hottip:*:Is there a difference?]]

* WinBackTheCrowd: What "The New Myspace" is hoping to do.

After failing to bring in more traffic with its [[ReTool retool]], News Corp. finally sold the site in July 2011 to a company called Specific Media for a mere $35 million (compared to the $580 million News Corp. bought Myspace for in 2005 back when it was popular. Percentage-wise, that's worse depreciation than a new car and almost as bad as a computer), and apparently JustinTimberlake has a large stake in the site now as well as a say in its creative direction, which for the next year or so seemed to be following the same "Social Entertainment" path it was already on. In late 2012, the new owners finally tried to revamp the site, calling it "The New Myspace", and basically copying Facebook's timeline feature (scrolling horizontally rather than vertically). Users have to make brand new profiles to access it though, but for anyone who's stuck it out on the site this long and doesn't want to make a new profile, it's post-2010 incarnation is still accessible, now called "Classic" Myspace. As with previous retools though, most suspect users will eventually be forced to make new profiles anyway.

# And for triple bonus points, do a [[http://whatport80.com/Fat_girl_angle_shot Fat Girl Angle Shot]]. Barring that, a standard [[http://www.antiduckface.com Duckface]] maneuver will do.

# ...and of course, have a Myspace page that you haven't updated since sometime in 2008.

After failing to bring in more traffic with its [[ReTool retool]], News Corp. finally sold the site in July 2011 to a company called Specific Media for a mere $35 million (compared to the $580 million News Corp. bought Myspace for in 2005 back when it was popular. Percentage-wise, that's worse depreciation than a new car and almost as bad as a computer), and apparently JustinTimberlake has a large stake in the site now as well as a say in its creative direction, which for the next year and a half or so seemed to be following the same "Social Entertainment" path it was already on. In early 2013, the new owners finally tried to revamp the site, calling it "The New Myspace", and basically copying Facebook's timeline feature (scrolling horizontally rather than vertically). Users have to make brand new profiles to access it though, but for anyone who's stuck it out on the site this long and doesn't want to make a new profile, it's post-2010 incarnation is still accessible, now called "Classic" Myspace. As with previous retools though, most suspect users will eventually be forced to make new profiles anyway.

After failing to bring in more traffic with its [[ReTool retool]], News Corp. finally sold the site in July 2011 to a company called Specific Media for a mere $35 million (compared to the $580 million News Corp. bought Myspace for in 2005 back when it was popular. Percentage-wise, that's worse depreciation than a new car and almost as bad as a computer), and apparently JustinTimberlake has a large stake in the site now as well as a say in its creative direction, which for the next year and a half or so seemed to be following the same "Social Entertainment" path it was already on. In early 2013, the new owners finally tried to revamp the site, calling it "The New Myspace", and basically copying Facebook's timeline feature. Users have to make brand new profiles to access it though, but for anyone who's stuck it out on the site this long and doesn't want to make a new profile, it's post-2010 incarnation is still accessible, now called "Classic" Myspace. As with previous retools though, most suspect users will eventually be forced to make new profiles anyway.

After failing to bring in more traffic with its [[ReTool retool]], News Corp. finally sold the site in July 2011 to a company called Specific Media for a mere $35 million (compared to the $580 million News Corp. bought Myspace for in 2005 back when it was popular. Percentage-wise, that's worse depreciation than a new car and almost as bad as a computer), and apparently JustinTimberlake has a large stake in the site now as well as a say in its creative direction, which seems to be as of now following the same "Social Entertainment" path it was already on. Who knows what the future has in store for the site.

It still attracted a fair share of role players even long after the decline began, since the site was friendlier toward and more suited for [=RPing=] than Facebook (which, despite playing host to a small community of [=RPers=], still tends to delete RP profiles when bought to their attention; in contrast Myspace didn't seem to care). But even then, by early 2011 most of them had [[TakeAThirdOption flocked to other sites]] like Roleplayer.me and [=OneWorldRolePlay=], which more closely resemble the Myspace of 2006 and even support the same 1.0 profile layouts. The related CharacterBlog community was then inherited by Tumblr.

It still attracted a fair share of role players even long after the decline began, since the site was friendlier toward and more suited for [=RPing=] than Facebook (which, despite playing host to a small community of [=RPers=], still tends to delete RP profiles when bought to their attention; in contrast Myspace didn't seem to care). But even then, by early 2011 most of them had [[TakeAThirdOption flocked to other sites]] like Roleplayer.me and [=OneWorldRolePlay=], which more closely resemble the Myspace of 2006 and even support the same 1.0 profile layouts.

It was the most popular site around in the [[TurnOfTheMillennium mid-Noughties]], but despite its once explosive popularity, the site has dwindled down to a barren wasteland as fickle users have almost completely abandoned it for its competitor, {{Facebook}}. After a change in management in 2010, it attempted to [[ReTool reinvent itself]] as "Social Entertainment", with more of an emphasis on entertainment than social networking. It then massively overhauled its homepage and new profile layouts, changed its logo, and then attempted to force longtime users with original 1.0 profiles to upgrade. This was all done to try and attract more people to the site, which had steadily been losing traffic for a long time, though it ended up having the opposite effect, making its owners at the time, [[RupertMurdoch News Corp.]], quite agitated. Long gone are the days when Tom Anderson, founder and practically the mascot of Myspace, would automatically add new users. In fact, he was fired from the company in 2009.

It still attracted a fair share of role players even long after the decline began, since the site was friendlier toward and more suited for [=RPing=] than Facebook (which, despite playing host to a small community of RPers, still tends to delete RP profiles when bought to their attention; in contrast Myspace didn't seem to care). But even then, by early 2011 most of them had [[TakeAThirdOption flocked to other sites]] like Roleplayer.me and [=OneWorldRolePlay=], which more closely resemble the Myspace of 2006 and even support the same 1.0 profile layouts.

It was the most popular site around in the [[TurnOfTheMillennium mid-Noughties]], but despite its once explosive popularity, the site has dwindled down to a barren wasteland as fickle users have almost completely abandoned it for its competitor, {{Facebook}}. After a change in management in 2010, it attempted to [[ReTool reinvent itself]] as "Social Entertainment", with more of an emphasis on entertainment than social networking. It then massively overhauled its homepage and new profile layouts, changed its logo, and then attempted to force longtime users with original 1.0 profiles to upgrade. This was all done to try and attract more people to the site, which had steadily been losing traffic for a long time, though it ended up having the opposite effect, making its owners at the time, [[RupertMurdoch News Corp.]], quite agitated. Long gone are the days when Tom Anderson, founder and practically the mascot of Myspace, would automatically add users. In fact, he was fired from the company in 2009.

Most of the remaining users weren't too happy about the changes. Popular opinions of the changes were that they're more than a little messy, and they slowed down even the newest computers. Users can now expect to have their friend requests page spammed by celebrities and pages dedicated to whatever is currently celebrating its fifteen minutes of fame. And once a month since December 2010 they've allowed a celebrity to "hijack" the site in an effort to attract the celebrity's fans. After huge outcries of TheyChangedItNowItSucks, Myspace [[AuthorsSavingThrow agreed to allow users to get their 1.0 profiles back]] by "downgrading" (1.0 profiles always gave much more freedom to edit and personalize, when using the right layout codes, hence hardly anyone ever "upgraded" from them unless forced to). Some time later they eventually did finally force the upgrades on every profile, but by then there weren't very many people left to complain about it.

It still attracted a fair share of role players even long after the decline began, since the site is more suited for [=RPing=] than Facebook (which tends to delete RP profiles). But even then, many of them have now [[TakeAThirdOption flocked to other sites]] like Sitemodel, Roleplayer.me and [=OneWorldRolePlay=] (which more closely resemble the Myspace of 2006 and even support the same 1.0 profile layouts), and not all of them came back in 2011.

# List your income as over $250,000, and watch your friends squirm! (If you're called on it, make a [[FunnyMoney joke about exchange rates!]])