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Wait, someone deleted my MySpace?

• ta1243 3y ago
  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/18/myspace-loses-all-content-uploaded-before-2016 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/18/myspace-l... Myspace, the once mighty social network, has lost every single piece of content uploaded to its site before 2016, including millions of songs, photos and videos with no other home on the internet. The company is blaming a faulty server migration for the mass deletion, which appears to have happened more than a year ago, when the first reports appeared of users unable to access older content. The company has confirmed to online archivists that music has been lost permanently, dashing hopes that a backup could be used to permanently protect the collection for future generations. ...
  • gpspake 3y ago
    Tragic. Archive the stuff you love. There was a ton of music history there that's just gone forever.
  • ansmithz42 3y ago
    Don't trust the "Cloud" for your backups.
• phlipski 3y ago
  People are still USING MySpace?!?!
  • shiroiushi 3y ago
    People stopped using it for regular stuff ages ago, when they migrated to Facebook. However, it became a haven for music lovers, with indie musicians and the like using it to communicate with their fans. They probably should have renamed it "MyMusic" or "MusicSpace" or something like that.