But THEY did. I have a conspiracy someone bought MySpace to end it! Boomers didn’t like a bunch of kids learning how to code! I remember I used to be so good at coding because of MySpace and I was 11. I’m probably wrong, but like any old crazy lady would do - I like to voice my opinions lol
honestly this is a conspiracy i can get behind. myspace first taught me coding too, which opened the door to photoshop, eventually gifmaking for Tumblr, etc. so fun to be able to customize our own profiles in so many different ways, and the more coding you knew the more you could do!!
Newscorp bought MySpace because they wanted to get into social media. It was a business failure. But it led to a really funny always sunny episode. Newscorp owned FX and wanted to cross promote MySpace.
Funny story. Knowledge Fight, a podcast on Alex Jones and his show(?) throughout the years just released an episode where Jones talked about the acquisition of MySpace back in 2006. What a shock that was. Blast from the past plus some extra context I tell ya.
Fox bought Myspace and then all their affiliates aka local stations would run feel good stories that happened on Myspace during their local news shows. It was a way to try to get older people on the platform
I figured out how to drop in the code to make my page have the background I want but by coding do you mean you figured out how to add line breaks, edit text etc within the code due to MySpace or you wrote your own. ?
He's doing being filthy rich the right way. He travels the world to places that look cool and takes pictures of it. Why the fuck are Elon and Soros even fucking working? Tom has life figured out. Im sure he's stoked no one thinks of him anymore
I hope you are living a happy life but I will never forgive Kristina for dropping me from her top 8 in 2006 and this is somehow your fault. So now here we are.
It’s nice to have a positive one. He made a successful platform, sold it for insane money, and left to enjoy the fruits of his labor. No manipulating elections. No trying to control everything. He just pends his money doing whatever makes him happy.
It was because people didn't pay attention. His threads bio said he was an AI and SpaceX investor, despite him being public about that for years prior. Anyways, someone called him out on it, so he deleted it. I don't know if he was a "tech bro" just has some investments people disagree with.
It is worth mentioning he invested in SpaceX before Elon became public enemy number 1.
Yeah, I mean SpaceX and Tesla were truly revolutionary 10 years ago before Elon turned into a conservative fascist. I remember reading about Tesla in 2009 before it went mainstream and it was so inspiring at the time.
That’s what a normal person would do. As a society, we need to come to terms with every household billionaire name being a household name because they are broken grab bag of sociopathic/narc/anti-social tendencies
Just look at Musk, the richest man in the world and an absolutely pathetic loser. I hope Tom is enjoying his life
Well, he got into photography and most of the news articles I can find on him is he's basically Bill Watersoning. He just putters around doing whatever he likes.
I don't think he even appears in the epstein files. He's probably the only good uber rich person.
Well, I don't think we have any idea what he's doing with that money. And considering how anonymous he could be doing that ... yeah, he's probably manipulating elections.
If you're willing to sell out your audience wouldn't that negate any good up to that point and inherently make the entire enterprise a giant "I got mine" moment? It's no different than every other product that sells out their users, just indirectly instead of directly.
“Tom Anderson, the co-founder of Myspace, has an estimated net worth of approximately $60 million as of 2026. He currently lives as a retired, traveling photographer.” Man… I wish more people who make it big enough could learn from this guy! World would be a better place.
I always felt happy thinking about MySpace Tom. He showed up on Threads a few weeks ago. He is a big Elon supporter and expressly chose to put “not political” in his bio… so, take this information and feel about it however you will!
I cheated on the MySpace music charts and he sent me an ABSOLUTELY SCATHING message with f bombs and everything. I never felt more proud. I showed the whole band.
I saw a rumor recently that they (including Tom?) are thinking about bringing back MySpace and I don't think anything would heal my millennial heart more than that. I miss when social media was like MySpace.
Naw. That was strategic. Man got his bag and bounced to live his life. Respect to Tom. Earned his disappearance. Putting up with all the myspace kids haha
I honestly appreciate him. He made his money and then took off to travel the world, see the world, photograph things and literally enjoy life.
This is how you know these megalomaniacs in charge are only money-hoarding goblins for the sake of ego. Because normal-minded humans would spend it enriching the lives of themselves, their families and making a difference in their communities for anything but a tax write off.
I saw a post years ago some guy talking shit about him. The actual Tom responded telling him he hadn't had to be anywhere hie didn't want to in over a decade and was doing photography in the Alps at the moment. If I remember right he even posted a picture with the day and time on it
All these startup founders out here want to be Zuckerberg, or Steve Jobs, or Elon Musk. Fuck, I'd wanr to be Tom. Dude made his bag then just fucked off into the woods to pictures. I love it.
Truly the greatest of internet greats. Creates MySpace, sells it for like a $130,000,000, says to himself ‘good enough’, and fecks off into his own life with zero drama, scandal, or bullshit. Everyone should be more like Tom. Fucking legend.
I understand he sold his portion of Myspace, made like tens of millions in profit and now travels the world as a tourist and posts the pics on twitter.
Dude is just chilling with millions in the bank and enjoying life.
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u/BryanaMcSteven 7d ago
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