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terablelizard 58 points ago +58 / -0

Tom was friends with everyone.

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Zahala 23 points ago +23 / -0

Yep and never banned anyone

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Trump2024 1 point ago +1 / -0

I kinda lost touch with him too. And for the longest time he was my only fren.

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raytwentynine 45 points ago +45 / -0

Tom was always a good pal

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CisSiberianOrchestra 46 points ago +46 / -0

He made a website that people liked, got rich off it, and then sold it off for a lot of money. He's now worth $60 million and following his dream of being a traveling photographer.

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Teslo 28 points ago +28 / -0

I saw that, yeah he just chills, travels, and the guy doesn't bother anyone.

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acasper 10 points ago +10 / -0

Kill Yourself Shill

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iitwi 6 points ago +6 / -0

That's not real, you can't get anything for guns right now.

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POTUS_DonnieJ 25 points ago +25 / -0

The early pioneers of the internet - just wanted to make new and innovative services, not taking over the world at the cost of all mankind.

Was just thinking about early Google and Amazon today. Just a kickass search engine and a great place to buy books. Nothing malicious or nefarious in the first few years.

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Gesirisi 16 points ago +16 / -0

Yeah Google was like your home on the internet because it could help you find all the other websites scattered about. What a wonderful tool, it was. Behind closed doors they're plotting to enslave us. Sick, man.

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Me2020 14 points ago +14 / -0

And then google removed “don’t be evil”

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POTUS_DonnieJ 5 points ago +5 / -0

I actually don’t think they started plotting from the onset. Not until they started trying to characterize users with suggestions and personalized search results, which happened around 2004 or 2005 if I remember correctly. That also coincides with around the time their IPO launched and they started picking up steam at an exponential rate and bringing in lots of outsider executives.

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Gesirisi 3 points ago +3 / -0

It probably just gave their balls a little tickle when they realized they could track what every computer in the country was searching for. And then it's, "man, we gotta know who these people ARE." So they find ways to identify you so they can find perversely track people they want to screw. And then the realization that they can sell all the data to advertisers, and then foreign countries.... slippery slope.

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bobobob 4 points ago +4 / -0

Their search absolutely sucks now. You always get results for the same mainstream websites and advertisement spam no matter what you're looking for.

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BasedCostanza91 20 points ago +20 / -0

This is Tom

At age 14, he hacked Chase Manhatten Bank, drawing the ire of the FBI, who raided his home but decided to not arrest him because of his age.

At age 32, Tom founded Myspace, social networking site that became a progenitor to the social media world we know today. MySpace crawled so Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram could run. The site's glory days are over, but past users look back on it with nostalgia, not contempt.

In 2005, Tom sold his company to NewsCorp for $580 million dollars. Rather than pursue more power and control over a flourishing new market that is social media, Tom decided to live a quiet life; pursuing his interest in traveling and photography.

Tom was satisfied with the success he had accomplished. He didn't screw any of his partners over. He didn't sell people's personal data. He didn't declare himself omnipotent and ban anyone that dared post a different opinion, whether an average joe or an elected official. He didn't interfere in America's democratic process by censuring critical information regarding election fraud.

Tom is a good person. Be like Tom.

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H0tCar1z 15 points ago +15 / -0

Yes!!!!

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HillarysDrunk 15 points ago +15 / -0

MySpace taught us how to code!

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Whereami 6 points ago +6 / -0

I dabbled in html because of MySpace.

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Settemij 10 points ago +10 / -0

As much of a mess that website was, MySpace was great. Gave everyone total control of what they said and didn’t sell our data.

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Obamacare 3 points ago +3 / -0

That wasn't all his.

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highenergywinning 4 points ago +4 / -0

might want to read the post right below yours

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Gesirisi 2 points ago +2 / -0

might want to read the post right below yours

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MakeLiberalsCryAgain 4 points ago +4 / -0

Tom was my first friend

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AppalachianTactical 3 points ago +3 / -0

Back when you listed your favorite music and films instead of your pronouns aka zirnames.

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RyanT282 3 points ago +3 / -0

I loved loved LOVED MySpace! Much better days for social networking and social media back then.

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filam_patriot 3 points ago +3 / -0

Where is that dude now? 😂

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MeSewCorny 3 points ago +3 / -0

He just travels around the world doing his favorite hobby of photography. Lives the quiet life.

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filam_patriot 3 points ago +3 / -0

Good for him!

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Hangemh1gh 3 points ago +3 / -0

Good ole Tom! Ha!

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ChristianPatriot7 3 points ago +3 / -0

Hahaha 🤣

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TwelveMoreYears 2 points ago +2 / -0

You see kids, back in my day were had MySpace. Mark Zuckerberg gave Justin Timberlake a blow job and now you have Facebook.

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try4gain 2 points ago +2 / -0

MySpace was so cool and fun

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DrewBernarddog 2 points ago +2 / -0

Tom would have never done this to us

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nixienormus 2 points ago +2 / -0

Underrated post.

😂

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Acid_squirrel 2 points ago +2 / -0

Toms been playing the long game. HES BEHIND ALL OF THIS!

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remember1776 2 points ago +2 / -0

Tom just wanted to be everybody's friend

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OliverWillis 2 points ago +2 / -0

At least we have you, Tom!

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NoStumpyTrumpy 1 point ago +1 / -0

Now do goolag.

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davebraham 1 point ago +1 / -0

Good ole Tom.

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MeSewCorny 1 point ago +1 / -0

Honestly Myspace was fucking awesome. You could make animated wallpaper backgrounds, animated gifs down your page, music players that played music when someone came on your page. You could holler at random women in your zipcode without having to know them first. No censorship. Hooked up with dozens if females on there. Facebook is boring as fuck. Boring colors and rules and censorship. I only have an account because you need it to read a piece of news from time to time.

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Junionthepipeline 1 point ago +1 / -0

Hi tom

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sc00b3 1 point ago +1 / -0

After Tom MySpace was sold to get the data. Apparently Time has it now.

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Reborned20 1 point ago +2 / -1

Yes, thank you....'bout F-ing time...

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iitwi 1 point ago +1 / -0

I miss tom. Wonder why he left the game

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geebeext 1 point ago +1 / -0

I don't trust that lawsuit at all Lactatia is cancer (NY AG)

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JKillen 1 point ago +1 / -0

'Ello old fren...

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MARXIST_SLAYER 1 point ago +1 / -0

Which 2 states haven’t sued FB?

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acasper 1 point ago +1 / -0

I know that guy from somewhere.

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