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Myspace owners plan comeback

Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:58 am
Posted by Shexter
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Member since Feb 2014
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:58 am
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Myspace may be poised for a comeback. Chris and Tim Vanderhook, the brothers who purchased the platform from News Corp via their company Specific Media (now part of Viant Technology), have confirmed that they’re actively planning to relaunch the iconic social network.


Myspace in 2026: The once-dominant social network is still online, but its owners say a major relaunch is in the works


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While there’s no timeline for the new attempt and no detail on what the site would look like, Chris DeWolfe, one of the original co-founders, suggests that there’s room for something that isn’t algorithm-driven.


https://geekspin.co/myspace-owners-plan-comeback-for-the-social-network/

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“I do think the algorithms have a lot to do with the addictive nature of social media,” DeWolfe told People. “Everything’s programmed to you and what you’re going to like, with the complete and total notion of increasing the amount of minutes that you’re going to spend on a particular social media site,” he added.

Whether any of this means a significant revival or expansion of features like the beloved, customizable “Top 8,” which still exists in limited form on the current site, remains to be seen.


Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:58 am to
ah frick hope i remember my password
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
15075 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:04 am to
What year is it meme.......



Posted by liquid rabbit
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:05 am to
Bring back 2400 baud modems!
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
21346 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:05 am to
No Tom, no care.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
90867 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:08 am to
There's just no way this is going to work. There isn't anything a "new" social media platform can roll out that hasn't alreayd been done.

Pictures? Instagram
Dating? Hundreds of popular apps
Music? Take your pic
Quick news/stories? Twitter
Little bit of all? Facebook

And who is this even designed for? Younger kids won't care and the 40 year olds that will be nostalgic over it will lose interest in 10 minutes.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
150762 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:09 am to
i was under the impression that myspace itself found a niche market as a less popular music sharing platform for original songs directly from the artists but could be wrong
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
90867 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:12 am to
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niche market as a less popular music sharing platform for original songs directly from the artists but could be wrong


isn't that also what soundcloud does?
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
173528 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:13 am to
You know what’s been fricking missing from the world the last 20 or so years?

Top 8 drama.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
150762 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:15 am to
yes thats what i meant as less popular but again i could be wrong
Posted by AlxTgr
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Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:16 am to
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ah frick hope i remember my password
I'm not even joking. Some photos I do not have stored anywhere else.
Posted by TigerFred
Feeding hamsters
Member since Aug 2003
27919 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:10 am to
Tom was my only friend.
Posted by thermal9221
Youngsville
Member since Feb 2005
15323 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:12 am to
I need to pick a tight song to play when people visit my page.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69519 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:13 am to
I hope it integrates with PureVolume so I can select my page’s music.
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI
Quantico
Member since May 2013
12454 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:21 am to
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There's just no way this is going to work. There isn't anything a "new" social media platform can roll out that hasn't alreayd been done.

Pictures? Instagram
Dating? Hundreds of popular apps
Music? Take your pic
Quick news/stories? Twitter
Little bit of all? Facebook

And who is this even designed for? Younger kids won't care and the 40 year olds that will be nostalgic over it will lose interest in 10 minutes.


I'd be interested in a Social Media that was like twitter pre-trump. Where it was mostly comedians and sports reporters. the app now is designed to make you hate people and enrage you. It used to be pure entertainment.

FYI: I am not blaming trump, just his emergence into politics broke the opposition and ruined twitter.
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 10:23 am
Posted by wm72
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2010
9595 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:22 am to
I was in a band and DJed during the MySpace heyday. It actually worked much better to get music heard and promote shows than anything which came after.

Although that's mainly because each subsequent platform continually made their algorithms more sophisticated in steering users to paid content.

Instagram, for example, worked in the beginning but so much became sponsored content that many people stopped looking for actual regular bands and stuff happening in their cities.
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 10:26 am
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