This site is dead

Yeah, it is kind of dead right now. The new people who've never been on myspace have to get used to how the site works. I feel like the site needs a Welcome Club where theres just a bunch of active users who almost spam newcomers with nice messages lmao

I think new people probably are focusing on their page rather then others as it did take me a good bit to figure out how to edit my page so perhaps new people here are trying to have a cool page on here before they attempt to make friends.

I don't think it's dead so much as it is just starting. Also the forums defaulting to "top", which seem to sort exclusively by the number of replies, isn't helping.

Honestly it's not as dead as I've seen with some other MySpace clones, I feel optimistic towards Spacehey 

It defenitely needs better "notification" options for forum posts and groups.

dont worry spacehey is on trending on twitter so we'll be gaining a decent userbase pretty soon

For those that are used to higher speed communication on social sites, yeah, it's probable dead for that person. Most of us that used Myspace back in the day were in the beginning of the tech and internet era and know how slow internet connections were back then. Time is worth investing in if you want to build a community that's strong.

hope you stick around, buddy... we gotta see it through! i think it will prevail

real

I think it's much more lively than it might seem, maybe reaching out through private messages and talking like that might make it feel more lively, at least from my perspective, it's more active than what I grew up with, there's always new content to be explored :))

im quite saddened to find this a little too late since majority of people (literally 99%) are inactive

I had a look at Facebook after taking a break for many years. It got worse... Honestly sometimes I just feel like going on there and completely calling out how ridiculous everyone is behaving on the site.

Spacehey, is the type of social media where you have to actively look for entertainment. some people are very active though.

eh who cares 

My approach is really more of a shot in the dark. I don't expect to mesh well in any social group or setting and thus have no peopley expectation. Like, I'm pretty much just writing blogs and the occasional comment in my choice of words at this point. Really just hanging out and exploring things.

I agree. It's not very social here. Nobody ever talks to me. 

Unless they add a better notification system here in groups and in forums it will probably die a slow death.   We don't want to be stuck in the stone age!

you have to get the word out

and tell your friends and strangers

about the site, we hold the power

to make or break this.

- or you could always just go

right back to those platforms

that you dont care about.

not true. i just made an account. the main attraction is finally here yall. do not fret :)

To be fair, I don't want Spacehey to get too big so it doesn't get seriously corrupted like Facebook and Twitter. It would be nice to have some small growth though.

And you have to look for the cotent you want yourself like some other guy said.

I PROMISE you I will light up your dashboard 

I don't really think it's dead considering it is a new website. Recently it got a slight boost from social media. I just joined this site today because of the slight boost it had in social media. It might not be very popular because the site at the moment doesn't have much (coming from someone who was never on myspace and constantly uses insta and tik tok). There might not be much popularity because most people lean towards sites that look more modern and that have been around for quite some time. Also considering that most social media users were born around the time that myspace was dying. It might rise like how everskies did with it's sudden boost in popularity, but only time will tell I guess. But I think the fact that the site is very customizable and it seems pretty easy to find things you are interested in is a big selling point of the site.

Edit: Saw a comment that said you have to actively search for media here if you wanna really do anything on the site and it pretty true which is why most people might not find the site appealing in a sort of way.

i don't think its all that dead, its probably the fact that a lot of people dont sort blogs by newest and most of the popular blogs are useless drama blogs, which understandably might run people away because people are here for a myspace remake where you can have fun, not.. twitter edating drama part 2. plus it can be confusing to figure out if youve never used myspace or a remake of myspace before. 

 i think once it gains more of a userbase that actually used the original myspace back in the day itll begin bustling.. 

adding my comment to refute the idea that the website is dead, lol. it's brand new! it relies on a different type of engagement from users. it's anti-viral.

Even TikTok didn't explode immediately.

Musical.ly was considered a weird new form of social media for kids and teenagers to use, and TikTok was seen the same way for a couple years before it exploded, and one of the reasons why it broke through the younger demographic and blew up was because of the pandemic.

Our idea of success is very much warped due to the way things work today.

you can't kill sites

I don't think it's dead at all. Like someone else in this reply section mentioned, it's still brand new! 

I do hope this site gets more of a userbase eventually. Maybe not to the point of it becoming like every other modern social media site, but a reasonable amount of people who just want to get back to a more old-school web experience. I never used MySpace back in the day (mainly because I had no interest in social media or the internet until I was about 15, and even then I only used YouTube until I got on social media when I was 18), but mom did and I would always watch her message her sister in California. It was always a core memory, so I wanted to see what it was all about. That's why I signed up for this site as soon as I found out about it.

Anyways, I'm rambling. My point is that give it time and eventually more people will flock to this site. To quote the other person again, even TikTok didn't blow up immediately. It took a worldwide pandemic for that to happen. Personally, I want this site to get more popular like MySpace was, but I don't want it to end up being like all the other social media sites out there. The whole point of MySpace (from my understanding at least) was that people could talk to their friends from high school. The social aspect on here is vastly different compared to what we've grown accustomed to with the likes of Twitter, Facebook, etc. It's very much still here, but to someone that has never used MySpace or a MySpace clone, it might not seem that way - and this is coming from someone who has never used either, haha.

Kina but it starting out it was never that pouplar but it still gets active user it just seem dead because all the old forums and people not talking on them it not as dead since mordern media dosn't really care for forums anymore but space hey is starting out with a little bit of pouplarity so we won't know until later down the line

Kina but it starting out it was never that pouplar but it still gets active user it just seem dead because all the old forums and people not talking on them it not as dead since mordern media dosn't really care for forums anymore but space hey is starting out with a little bit of pouplarity so we won't know until later down the line

I def think it can appear that way when compared to other social media platforms. The rest are in constant motion and like someone else mentioned, offers instant gratification. I actually like how quiet SH is. I’m trying to branch out more and socialize or send friend requests. I’m still also trying to figure out how to do things for my page. I want to customize it more than it is but it’s definitely a learning curve. I was good at it on MySpace but it’s been a good minute lol. 

Side note: any pointers are welcome. Good websites to know for customizations like gifs, blinkers, codes etc. 

Tbh this site is popping compared to most. It's got over 600k users and is way more active than other clones I've seen. It's lovely here.

maybe people just didn't want to talk to you specifically

Idk I'm still optimistic maybe it's because I really want this site to work out but I do feel like there's a lot of interest for something like this. I still see people sharing their accounts on Twitter and TikTok comments expressing how much they like this old web format and profile customization. While the activity isn't all there yet it's a lot better than some of the other forums I've been to so maybe there's still a chance for SpaceHey to get that core audience.

I think the site will last

I think the space hey website is kinda dead but like socially. I just never see any new replies or additions to forums, yet everytime I get on here I always see new people. I'm thinking it might have to to with the fact that spacehey(and Myspace at the time by this extent) is different when it comes to taking to people into where it seems to be less direct unless you're friends with someone. Modern social media sites have a more direct way of communication and I think that's why it's kinda harder to talk to people on here and why most things I see are from 3 years ago. But that's just my take :p

Hey stay hopefull!! I saw a post about this website on tiktok!! It was enough to bring me over :D

im noticing the same thing... i see someone make a new account every 3 seconds but most accounts made 3+ months ago are abandoned and a lot of the threads aren't super active either. im trying my best 2 make friends tho...

"if you're bored, you're boring"

There's plenty of people who are active on here daily or almost daily, it's just not handed to you on a silver platter like it is with an algorithm. You have to look around the site a bit to actually find them.

^ this right here is the real thing that will kill this site. An needs to figure out something to do about the bots and AI posts ive seen popping up

like, whole threads that are nothing but ChatGPT going back and forth with itself

it is so sad that is like that :( i really am looking for an alternative for social media but it seems almost impossible with the whole world in one place

try friendproject

ive never been on it but apparently its like myspace and its good

not too many people know about it yet.

Dead? Hardly.

There are about 35 new accounts every day. 

i think it is due to new users using the site, but i also think its due to how much modern social media and algorithms have affected peoples attention span...

i mean even i have trouble sometimes, keeping focus on here xp

there is also another MySpace clone called nospace thats being marketed on tiktok rn and id guess its pretty popular since its on peoples phones, not a website. a downside to that is it need a code that you need to get kinda like ao3 where you need to wait and not a lot of people are willing to do that. ;/

....I honestly do think and agree with you that this site is dead, The Forums are really NOT that active or POPPING and the Groups are WAY less active, I posted some topics in the Group Thread about 2000s-2010 Fashion Trends and streetstyle I thought it would be a good topic people would want to talk about, But Idk... I get this is a new site and all but the Forums / Groups are pretty much dead, I want to make friends on here but a lot of people just collect friends like Pokemon or join this site and NEVER get on ever again :'( This is a cool site concept too which makes me so sad :( 

yup :P

At the end of the day it's just a novelty thing. Sure there are 35 new accounts every day, but they log in once to tinker with the HTML and then forget about the site forever.

sadly there's a lot of people who make accounts, and then almost immediately hop off and never log on again

wish people would just stick around

You're not wrong in feeling like things are kinda dead here. It can seem really less exciting sometimes, once the initial buzz wears off after joining. I think so many of us here are used to algorithmic means that keep us on other social media sites, so it's easier for someone to not only struggle to find people we connect best with, but we expect something more fast paced we can just keep checking and finding something new to do.

That being said, this place has potential to be even busier, sure, but I hope more than anything we see a rise in quality instead. Most of the older web is fueled by regular people making art, music, memes, and all kinds of stuff that are the building blocks of making a unique culture in its space. If there's nothing to laugh at, feel inspired by, or just be entertained by then you're just stuck with hoping you can have some good conversation. Obviously that's still an important part of what this website means, yes, but it's not going to sustain itself alone since there's a lot of options out there that provide that. People used to go to myspace because it was where their favorite indie music was at, and this helped create a culture that many still enjoy dressing like, drawing like, and listening to.

Someone made a great point about the age gap between the userbase here, and I agree. It can feel a bit awkward with all these kids around, especially since they have nothing to really compare this to, which changes how they approach the platform. I hope we can somehow learn from each other and make the best of our differences. I also hope above everything that these kids are safe. Ideally they'll get bored and leave the internet for good until adulthood, but that's a pretty unrealistic thing to expect. Sorry kids, but I don't want you with the same brain issues Myself and my peers got.

I think there are a few UI changes that need to happen that can better encourage us to socialize with us more. Gamifying elements might seem a little random (and for some, complete sacrilege) but off the top of my head seem like a why to encourage people to post and reply and all that good stuff that keeps this place social. Past that I just hope there's a push for more creative work for people to make for here. Perhaps a spotlight area for people who make cool things and do cool things. Maybe even a badge system where we could earn certain badges when we hit certain social milestones. On that note maybe some sort of icon that signals if we accept random adds, or just a forum signature to say that or whatever else we want to say. This whole forum area may be true to it's roots, but it also carries the previous shortcomings with it. Is it more important to have an exact clone of myspace, or something that tries to improve on it in small ways over time? Myspace was great, but it would be wrong to say it was perfect.

Of course, we could also just accept that this place is slow moving for most of us, and accept that as a part of a slower and more deliberate way of living with tech nowadays. A lot of people are beginning to realize that spending a bunch of time in front of a screen just isn't good for you mentally. I'm one of those people. I can see the vision of a more exciting, faster, and more addictive version of this website, and while I do like the idea I wonder if that's just the former social media junkie in me talking.

I'd feel bad for posting a wall of text on an old thread, but I don't. I mean this is still considered a new thread. Not even Gaia is this slow lol.

it may seem that way right now but honestly, I think part of it is just that we forget how new this all is. like there's new people signing up all the time. Also, its a bit more privacy respecting as far as where it promotes your page as opposed to something like FB. Even old MySpace was like this. Many of us still have our MS pages and just don't use them anymore because that sites gone become a flaming garbage fire of ads and bots. And who knows maybe this page will do like FB/MS/etc where there's a group who like it and a group who doesn't care for it. That's fine, I think that is the natural appeal of a site like this. if you have nostalgia for this kinda thing then great you will probably do what you can to cultivate it into what you want to see, if not that's fine maybe you will get something else out of coming here.

TL:DR
It's better than OG.MS/ modern FB