Throwback to before Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, there was a wonderful social media site called MySpace, made by Tom Anderson. If you had a MySpace, you would know that everyone was automatically “friends” with Tom, and knew that he liked to wear plain white T-shirts.
There was so many different aspects MySpace had that Facebook, Twitter, and other social media applications do not have. Here's just a glimpse of what we used to have and miss.
1. “Top Friends"
Just like many other social media sites, you can pick and choose who you want to be your “friend,” or in other words see your stuff that you post, and you can view theirs as well. On MySpace though, we had the great opportunity of getting to choose who are “top friends” were on a hierarchy scale through 8 or 10. For example, if you were someone’s number one friend, that most likely meant that you best friends or dating that person. If you were someone’s 5th or 6th friend, that meant that you either got into a fight and they lowered you, or they just don’t really like you. So basically it was a way to create drama, and we all just love that.
2. More Personalized Profile
Again, another option that Facebook and others have, but on MySpace you could do it more personally and elaborate more. If you wanted that zebra print background, but also add some polka dots, you can make it happen. It was like your own, free little website that you could alter or make however you wanted. I think mine said “~*About Me*~” and a long, irrelevant paragraph about how I liked hanging with friends and my hobbies. I miss spending hours adding and taking away things to my MySpace profile.
3. Music List Option
Adding on to the editing profile part, you could also select which songs were played on your profile, and what order they played as well. So as someone is scrolling through your page, they could be listening to a nice, appropriate song like “Lollipop” by Lil Wayne or “Cyclone” by Baby Bash. It really added that personal touch to your profile, and gave your page viewers some entertainment.
4. No Parent Zone
I remember the days before my mom and dad even knew what it meant to “like” a picture, or see every picture or comment I post on social media. They had no idea what I meant when I said “I’m chatting with friends on MySpace.” Then Facebook happened in 2004 and parents LOVED it, and slowly but surely my generation latched on to it too, and MySpace started to lose its popularity.
MySpace is still active, and you can log in to your account if you remember your information, but I do not know a single person who still uses it on a daily basis. (If you do, sorry to offend you.) Maybe not bring back MySpace itself, but its elements that it once had.
