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SpaceHey
Type of businessSocial network
Available inEnglish
HeadquartersPfullingen, Germany
Ownertibush GmbH
Founder(s)Anton Röhm
URLspacehey.com
RegistrationOptional
Users130,000 (August 2021)
Launched29 November 2020
Current statusActive

Spacehey (stylized as SpaceHey) is an English-language social network operated by tibush GmbH. It is headquartered in Pfullingen, Germany.[1] As a nostalgia project, it is based on the look and functionality of Myspace during its peak around the mid-2000s,[2] but states that it has no connection to Myspace.[3]

History

Spacehey was created in 2020 by 18-year-old German web developer Anton Röhm who was known only by his pseudonym "An" until August 2021 when he was announced as speaker on TINCON 2021 convention.[4] He stated that he never personally used MySpace in the 2000s because he was too young at the time, but added, "Thanks to older friends and the internet, I heard a lot about it. I came to the conclusion that you can't find something like this nowadays, where everyone can be this creative."[5]

Spacehey's official launch happened on 29 November 2020, with Röhm posting it on Product Hunt.[6] It was awarded #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt on the same day.[7] Röhm stated that the site had over 10,000 registered users by December 2020,[8] 100,000 users by February 2021,[9] and over 129,000 users by July 2021.[10]

Features

Spacehey is accessible without registration. However, in order to publish content or interact with other users, a user account must be created. New users only need to enter an email address and password.[11]

Spacehey has many of the same basic functions that Myspace had at its peak, such as profile pages, blogs, bulletins, and instant messaging.[12] In a blog post, Anton Röhm stated that it is currently not possible to implement the gallery function that many users want because it would take up too much storage space and the available financial resources could not provide the necessary space as of June 2021.[13]

A special aspect of Spacehey is the ability of users to fully customize the appearance and functionality of their profile pages using HTML and CSS, which was one of MySpace's most notable features.[14] However, this also results in security problems as it did with MySpace; users can use HTML to integrate external content into their profiles that could potentially be harmful to the profile visitor. For this reason, when a user visits someone else's profile page the first time, the website displays a notice to draw attention to these potential risks and refers to Spacehey's privacy policy.

Unlike Myspace, Spacehey allows the user to share posts on other social media platforms. It is also possible to embed content from YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, and Mixcloud.[15]

In an interview, Anton Röhm stated that Spacehey is "privacy-friendly", unlike most other social media platforms.[16]

Financing

Spacehey is free to use.[17] In a blog post from December 2020, Röhm called for ideas for funding to be sent to him.[18] Later that month, it was made possible to support the site by purchasing stickers; after purchase, a "supporter badge" will appear on the website next to the buyer's name.[19]

Reception

Spacehey has been discussed by media such as The Independent,[20] Vice,[21] BuzzFeed,[22] and the New York Post.[23] In December 2020, Fast Company published an interview with Anton Röhm.[24] In March 2021, BBC Radio Oxford interviewed him via telephone.[25]

The fact that Spacehey exerts little social pressure on users has been positively highlighted. Upworthy writer Todd Perry wrote: "The site doesn't have any algorithms, news feed, or like buttons. So that means you get to see everything as it happens in real-time and there's no need to worry about how many likes your bulletin received. The site is also highly concerned with privacy and careful about the information it shares with third-parties."[26]

Spacehey received criticism for its overly simplistic spam protection; in one example, Canadian journalist Clive Thompson wanted to indicate in his profile that he was interested in the work of the American poet Emily Dickinson, but his entry was blocked by the system because it included the word "dick". Thompson, however, took this "incident" with humor.[27]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Imprint - tibush GmbH". tibush.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  2. ^ "This Myspace Reincarnation Is Giving Me so Much Joy". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  3. ^ "About | SpaceHey.com". spacehey.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  4. ^ "Anton Röhm aka "AnTheMaker"". TINCON (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  5. ^ "A Teenager Has Remade Myspace and Everyone Is Loving It". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  6. ^ An. "SpaceHey - MySpace Reborn". Product Hunt. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  7. ^ "SpaceHey - MySpace Reborn 👥". Product Hunt. 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2021-02-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ @space_hey (December 22, 2020). "There are now 10 000 registered users on SpaceHey!Thank you!!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-06-14 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ @space_hey (February 26, 2021). "100 000 people are on SpaceHey now! This is incredible!!Thank you everyone 🥳" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-06-14 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ @AnTheMaker (July 2, 2021). "SpaceHey just hit 129 000 users! 🤯🥳" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "SignUp | SpaceHey.com". spacehey.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  12. ^ "MySpace has been brought back to life - sort of". The Independent. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  13. ^ "Groups and more! - An's Blog | SpaceHey.com". blog.spacehey.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  14. ^ Dowd, Rachael (2020-12-21). "This new networking site has everything you miss about mid-2000s Myspace". Alternative Press. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  15. ^ Coronel, Joen (2021-02-10). "Does Myspace Still Exist? Say Hi to its Carbon-Copy Spacehey!". Tech Times. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  16. ^ "Privacy friendly, customisable and no algorithms: An 18-year-old recreates a new functioning version of MySpace". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  17. ^ December 3, Ryan "Brain" BrainardPublished; 2020. "New Social Media Site Mimics MySpace Layout". 98.1 KHAK. Retrieved 2021-06-20. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ "The Future of SpaceHey - An's Blog | SpaceHey.com". blog.spacehey.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  19. ^ "Support SpaceHey — Get Stickers! - An's Blog | SpaceHey.com". blog.spacehey.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  20. ^ "MySpace has been brought back to life - sort of". The Independent. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  21. ^ "A Teenager Has Remade Myspace and Everyone Is Loving It". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  22. ^ Heinrich, Shelby. "A Gen Z'er Created A Replica Of The OG Myspace, And It's Blowing My Mind". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  23. ^ Frishberg, Hannah (2021-02-09). "Teen who never had Myspace re-creates it and users are in love". New York Post. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  24. ^ Newman, Jared (2020-12-01). "This MySpace clone is the social media nostalgia hit you need right now". Fast Company. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  25. ^ "BBC Radio Oxford - Evenings on BBC Radio Oxford, Will Reynolds (01/03/2021)". BBC. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  26. ^ "A teenager has perfectly recreated Myspace and people are flocking to it". Upworthy. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  27. ^ Thompson, Clive (2020-12-01). ""spacehey", a new social network that reboots the design of MySpace". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
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