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References ·April 12, 2026 ·reference

MySpace

Early social network that peaked around 2006-2008 before being displaced by Facebook. Acquired by News Corp for $580M in 2005, eventually sold for $35M in 2011 — one of the canonical case studies in how Network Effects can flip decisively when a better experience arrives. Its lesson for founders: being first means nothing; being the one people want to be on means everything.

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