In April 2023, Joanne did something she hadn't tried in well over a decade — she logged into her MySpace... more

"If you open a hole on the internet," UCLA professor Sarah T. Roberts tells us, "it gets  filled with sh*t."... more

Our last episode featured the tragic death of Megan Meier, which became the biggest scandal MySpace would ever face. In... more

The moral panic over online predators on MySpace was largely overblown, but there was some truth to these concerns. These... more

We first reached out to digital archivist Jason Scott in episode five about the MySpace data loss. It turns out Jason... more

MySpace forever changed the way we listen to music. The social network shifted artists' relationships with their fans, and the... more

MySpace amplified the ongoing moral panic around teenagers on the internet. For young MySpace users, many of the trials of... more

In this episode, Joanne delves into how MySpace—like reality TV—became a vehicle for celebrity in the aughts, and gave way... more

Let’s look back at the internet communities that were thriving before MySpace — even before Friendster. Why did MySpace get... more

The MySpace era was incredibly influential, and incredibly messy. And it remains largely underexplored. Young people talk about MySpace like... more