The good old days of MySpace are trying to bring back with a new platform that mimics the nostalgic social network. But experts say it won't work in this day and age.
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SpaceHey has gained attention recently since it was modeled after the MySpace platform, which debuted in 2003 and peaked between 2005 and 2008. While it may be fun to customize your profile and pit your friends against each other for the coveted top eight spots, experts say nostalgia can only go so far.
“The retro aspect will be fun for a while, but I don’t think it’s enough to become the next TikTok or Clubhouse,” Tom Leach, co-founder and CEO of Hike Agency, told Lifewire in a phone interview.
SpaceHey was launched in November 2020 and was inspired by MySpace, so it looks exactly like the platform you remember. So far, over 72,000 people have signed up for SpaceHey, a far cry from MySpace’s peak of 100 million users and Facebook’s current 2.8 billion profiles.
