MySpace

OpenAI's Code Red, Sacks vs New York Times, New Poverty Line?

All-In Podcast

Used as a historical example of a dominant platform that was eventually surpassed by a fundamentally better product.

Ryan Hoover on Product Hunt's Acquisition and Lessons Learned About Launches with Dalton Caldwell

Y Combinator

A social networking site from the past, mentioned in the context of how small decisions can differentiate successful platforms like Facebook from less successful ones.

Professor Green: How To Overcome Life’s Hardest Challenges & Find A Purpose | E80

The Diary Of A CEO

An early social media platform where Professor Green and others connected and shared music during the early stages of their careers.

Russell Howard: How To Laugh Through Fear, Anxiety & Imposter Syndrome | E109

The Diary Of A CEO

An early social media platform, mentioned as part of the initial social media landscape when Russell Howard started his career, which he generally avoided for feedback.

The Path to $100B by Paul Buchheit

Y Combinator

An earlier social network that was unable to compete with Facebook.

Resilience: A Conversation with Amanda Knox (Episode #345)

Sam Harris

Social media platform that was popular before Facebook and Twitter.

Twitter Is Terrible. Here Is How We Can Fix It. | Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

An early social media platform mentioned as being relatively harmless and focused on connecting users with friends and bands before the advent of 'like' and 'retweet' buttons.

Ep. 191: Working Seasonally, Fixing Twitter, and Curing Burnout

Cal Newport

Early social media platform mentioned as being relatively harmless.

Mark Zuckerberg at Startup School 2012

Y Combinator

A social networking service that was a major competitor to early Facebook, discussed in terms of its strategic differences and eventual decline.

I Hired A Pickup Artist To Help Me Find A Girlfriend

Tim Ferriss

A social networking site that was shut down due to a fast-spreading computer worm created by Sammy.

Elad Gil and Pejman Nozad - Startup Investor School Day 3

Y Combinator

Cited as an example of a network effect that unraveled due to poor execution, illustrating fake moats.

DOGE kills its first bill, Zuck vs OpenAI, Google's AI comeback

All-In Podcast

A social networking service that was a de facto winner before Facebook, used as an example of an incumbent pioneering an idea but losing market share to upstarts.

Growth with Alex Schultz (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 6)

Y Combinator

Mentioned as a company that used to publish registered user numbers, contrasting with Facebook's focus on monthly active users.

TOMS Founder Blake Mycoskie — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss

Tim Ferriss

A social networking website that Blake Mycoskie leveraged for marketing his 'Driver's Ed Direct' business, which became very popular among teenagers.

E75: Fast shuts down, board culpability, Elon buys 9% of Twitter, deplatforming's evolution & more

All-In Podcast

Mentioned as a social networking platform that existed before the era discussed for Phil Kaplan's 'F--- Company'.

Things That Don't Scale, The Software Edition – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

Y Combinator

A social networking site that offered a simplified solution for displaying connections ('so-and-so is in your extended network') as a contrast to Friendster's complex, resource-intensive approach.

E101: Ye acquires Parler, Snap drops 30%, macro outlook, VC metrics, valuing stocks & more

All-In Podcast

Early social networking site, mentioned as part of a historical lineage of social media platformsshowing how monopolies are displaced.

E99: Cheating scandals, Twitter updates, rapid AI advancements, Biden's pardon, Section 230 & more

All-In Podcast

A former social networking giant, used as an example of how social platform quality can decline.

#06 – D.A. Wallach: music, medicine, longevity, and disruptive technologies

Peter Attia MD

An important platform for Chester French to build their audience online, allowing spam, 'Top 8' lists, and user customization.

Best Investments, Bad Advice to Avoid, and Other Life Lessons | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

Mentioned as a platform that focus group participants in 2007 felt was sufficient for connecting with creative peers.

E41: Vaccine policy, Big Tech, DeepMind's latest breakthrough, wealth creation, opportunity & more

All-In Podcast

Mentioned as a social media platform that Chamath considered joining before Facebook, illustrating a pivotal career decision.

Mark Zuckerberg at Startup School 2013

Y Combinator

A social networking service that was a competitor to Facebook in its early days, questioned as a potential dominant platform if Facebook hadn't emerged.

Scooter Braun: When Everything Broke, It Fixed Me

The Diary Of A CEO

Apple Vision Pro: Startup Platform Of The Future?

Y Combinator