Tom Anderson
You might remember it as Myspace Tom, your first friend
This spread through many posts rather than one canonical upload.
2003·Early web, before YouTube
A founder of MySpace, whose account was automatically the first friend of every new member.
At a glanceThe facts
- Spread in
- 2003
- Format
- Phenomenon
- Who or what it shows
- Tom Anderson, born in 1970
- Also known as
- Tom from Myspace
- Origin
- No single original
- Available
- Not held by ViralWorld
What this wasThe story
Myspace's co-founder, automatically added as the first friend of every new account, so a single photograph of one man over his shoulder became the most-seen face of the early social web.
Why it matteredWhat changed
Everybody who joined MySpace began with the same one friend, until 2010.
TimelineIn order
- Made
Anderson and colleagues set up the first MySpace pages.1
- Later
MySpace is sold to News Corp for 580 million dollars.1
- Later
He is replaced as president of the company.1
- Taken down
He is no longer the default friend.1
LegacyWhat it left behind
- He became a landscape photographer.1
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
Where it came fromWhat we know
This spread through many posts rather than one identifiable original. No copy is held here — what it was, when it spread and what people called it is what this page can tell you.
Nothing here is claimed to be the first version of this. It spread through many posts rather than from one identifiable original.
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SourcesWhat was read
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