Anyone who had a Myspace account back at the beginning of the golden age of social media surely remembers the crazy ideas (that seemed normal at the time) that went through our head when decking out our profiles and choosing the perfect over-edited picture for display. Everything from choosing the perfect song to making the layout more simplistic was key and reason to stress over. The entire outcome of your middle school career depended on factors like those. Some of us made it through the test of social standing, and some of us didn't. However, we are here now and on a nostalgic note, let's go down memory lane and remember some of those wonderful things:

Top 8:

These were your clique, your top dogs, the Gretchen Wieners and Karen Smiths of the time. This was how you knew it was real. If you didn’t make the cut for whatever reason, there would surely be drama. Order was always important as well. Eventually, as Myspace updated more and more, the Top 8 feature eventually became the Top 40, so all the juicy beef you had was laid to rest as everyone was able to make it.

Chain Letters:

Let’s be real. Those things were scary. I didn’t want a girl with a knife to appear in my bathroom or my mom to die if I didn’t resend to 10 people in the next minutes. Now that I think of it, I think the reason I’m single is because I didn’t repost one of these things. It’s all making sense now.

pc4pc:

We were all attention-craving middle schoolers at one point. The back in the day equivalent of today’s like was the famous “pc4pc?(:” which was basically a “Hey, if you comment something badass under my pic, I’ll do the same. We both end up looking cool and it’s a happy day. Win-Win.” Over edited profile pictures and “owning” them was also pretty popular, at least on my side of Myspace town it was. Basically, if someone really liked your pic, they somehow acquired major rights to it by commenting something along the lines of “JACKiE 0WNZ” or something.

Music:

Choosing the perfect song to fit your mood that day or week was essential. Myspace was one of the first places where you had free access to a lot of music and artists as well. Whether it was the Jesse McCartney “Leavin’”, “Miss Murder” by AFI or “Ridin’ Dirty” by Chamillionaire (the ones everyone had, I swear) it was always fun going on a mission for that life theme song.

Picture angles:

If you didn’t have at least one mirror picture, you’re doing it wrong….

Now it's all about the selfie. Like I said, you kids will never know what the struggle was.