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Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Post by jeremycarter »

rmason wrote: post #103
83457 wrote: post #77

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I was at a CF conference with MySpace as a speaker and they talked about how often they went down but that they were switching to another CF engine with .net capabilities (BlueDragon). Their discussions and jokes about instability and going down due to bad code updates were really cringy and gave the impression that their platform was a mess.

Pretty certain we were at the same conference. There development practices horrified the group I was with in the audience. At a time that a new competitor appeared (Facebook) they made the fatal mistake of rewriting their software in dot Net. No new features for a year or more. Joel Spolsky wrote a pretty famous essay about the wisdom of doing that. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...

I live by that blog post.

Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Post by mrzool »

I'm absolutely blown away by the speed of this website. Facebook and Twitter are a bloated heavy mess in comparison.

I just registered for an account and I'm getting super nostalgic. Really well done!

Edit: here's my profile in case someone wants to add me :)

https://spacehey.com/mrzool

Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Post by nindalf »

alacombe wrote: post #109
labster wrote: post #99

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I have controversial views (the EM Drive works! Sport is the opiate of the masses!) but I seem to get along just fine on social media. It’s really only the people who have boring, discredited political views who have problems.

> I have controversial views This is nowhere controversial. Try to be a constitutional originalist in the Sillicon Valley / tech sites, and we'll continue this conversation...

> originalist

You mean the folks who think a black person is worth 3/5th of a white person? Yeah I imagine they have it rough.

Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Post by duxup »

logicalmonster wrote: post #27

Good idea. I think there’s a lot of room for some kind of internet social network that gives you a space for a custom profile, chatting with friends about anything, no algorithms dictating what you see, no heavy handed moderation, etc. wish you success

That's what always keeps me away from regular social networks.

It's not my page, it's not my profile, it's just like everyone else's....

Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Post by rriepe »

jldl805 wrote: post #35
logicalmonster wrote: post #27

Good idea. I think there’s a lot of room for some kind of internet social network that gives you a space for a custom profile, chatting with friends about anything, no algorithms dictating what you see, no heavy handed moderation, etc. wish you success

I live and breathe on the internet and have never been moderated once, even freely expressing myself, insulting people who deserve it, etc. My point here is that if you think the current social media options have "heavy handed" moderation, you're probably the problem, not them.

Can anyone understand this sheep's baas?

Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Post by rriepe »

labster wrote: post #99
kortilla wrote: post #63

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That just means your views are not very controversial (most people’s aren’t). The argument you’re making is just a different face of the “I have nothing to hide” in the privacy debates.

I have controversial views (the EM Drive works! Sport is the opiate of the masses!) but I seem to get along just fine on social media. It’s really only the people who have boring, discredited political views who have problems.

So if I tell my EM drive to leave and come back in six months, that's a relativistic bomb, right?

Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Post by codeulike »

rangoon626 wrote: post #81
partyguy wrote: post #12

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Hey, I'm An, the creator of SpaceHey! Thank you!! Yes, I looked at a ton of old screenshots, wikipedia sites and archive.org pages! That's how I designed most of it! I'm currently looking into all of the legal stuff which comes with music sharing, but a dedicated music feature is definitely planned! The iTunes API is just a temporary thing to fill it with some content!

Do a soundcloud integration like poolside fm did

Yes this is a good point - people with music to share will probably have it on Soundcloud or Bandcamp already, just add Soundcloud/Bandcamp embedding and you're all set

Re: Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

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Post by clw8 »

setgree wrote: post #45
CharlesW wrote: post #32

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Have you tried Internet Archive? You might be one of the lucky ones. https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/4/18295014/myspace-lost-song...

Alas, I have tried, we were not among the lucky.

Same with me and my Geocities page from 1997 :(
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