This article was written by Gabi Goldberg. A grade 10 pupil who loves writing and thinking outside the box...
MySpace was revolutionary, so just who thought of the idea?
Back in the day, before facebook was even a thought swirling around the heads of Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew McCollum, and roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, Thomas "Tom" Anderson founded MySpace along with CEO Chris DeWolfe.
They created the most popular and innovative social networking website in the USA and the rest of the world.
The two met in 2000 at Xdrive Technologies in Santa Monica, where DeWolfe, who was vice president of sales and marketing, gave Anderson a job. Together they formed ResponseBase Marketing in 2001. A company named eUniverse (now called Intermix) bought ResponseBase in 2002, and DeWolfe and Anderson persuaded then CEO Brad Greenspan to let them create MySpace.
Without warning, the site took off. It’s known as the number one place to find the best up and coming bands and artists, as well as hosting your own profiles and keeping in contact with friends.
They are inspiring since they created an empire from nothing short of some programming - and the concept they created spawned many new rivals sites such as facebook.
- Here’s a link to the hugely popular site, MySpace
- Wanna listen to some tunes? Here’s a link to the vast amount of music available on MySpace
- If you’re interested in creating a profile this a great place to go to get layouts for your page
