IMHO the reason MySpace got so big is different: It targeted a community of musicians in a moment when indie music on the web was blowing up. It also allowed t

IMHO the reason MySpace got so big is different: It targeted a community of musicians in a moment when indie music on the web was blowing up. It also allowed those naturally creative people to style their profiles. And then it brought the fans and everyone else. It would not be a stretch to say that, had myspace not existed, I wouldn't have played in 2 music bands in my teens. And I also started programming there! Even though I didn't know I was programming. I just wish I knew about archive.org back then to keep my profile somewhere with my cool hair and horrible design xD