When I first signed up for Myspace in 2003, I was reluctant. I wasn’t too sure how I felt about social networking sites, but after a bit of peer pressure, I signed up. After only a few minutes, I knew this was going to be my newest obsession.
Now, more than a decade later, I realize there are a lot of things about Myspace that were really innovative. Many of these things helped define our social media experience today. Partially out of nostalgia, I asked a few of HootSuite’s designers and copywriters what they loved about the pioneering site, and we came up with this list of things we miss:
1. Myspace taught us basic coding
Of course we all wanted the coolest custom profiles… and the only way to get it was to start messing around with HTML code. This was an awesome outlet for kids to get really creative, and ended up getting people interested in web design before they even knew what it really was.
Daina Lightfoot, one of our designers, explained “I learned basic coding skills so that I could have an awesome profile. It took some time, but soon after I was making money by building pages for my friends.” She went on to say “ this was what gave me even more of a push in the right direction when it came to my career.”
Source: Social Mediopolis
