[HN Gopher] Myspace celebrates its 21st birthday. Do we still ne...
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       Myspace celebrates its 21st birthday. Do we still need it?
        
       Author : mooreds
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2024-08-04 22:21 UTC (38 minutes ago)
        
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       | 23B1 wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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       | Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any
       | headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word
       | no."
       | 
       | It is based on the assumption that if the publishers were
       | confident that the answer was yes, they would have presented it
       | as an assertion; by presenting it as a question, they are not
       | accountable for whether it is correct or not
        
       | doe_eyes wrote:
       | The obvious answer is "no", but it makes you wonder. The first
       | wave of tech platforms that defined the online experience for
       | millions (Aol, Myspace, Yahoo, etc) are now largely gone. Will
       | this repeat with the giants of today?
        
       | ClassyJacket wrote:
       | There's a community of people (myself included) who still use old
       | tech from that era like iPods and GameBoy Advance. Both for
       | nostalgia and fun, as well as disconnecting from our phones and
       | the current social media.
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       | Could there be a similar case for bringing back a low-fi social
       | media not ruined by algorithms, either MySpace or something like
       | it? I guess the network effects, i.e. the requirement of your
       | friends being on there, make it more challenging for social
       | media. But I think there's a possibility of some sort of
       | community who want to be MySpace-Amish. Personally, I think the
       | peak of my happiness with technology was around 2007 - 2010, but
       | obviously age and personal nostalgia have an effect there.
        
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