--- title: Most Popular Social Network of Mid-2000s Is Reportedly... description: The current owners of Myspace, Chris and Tim Vanderhook, have expressed plans to relaunch the once-dominant social network, as revealed in a new documentary by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/most-popular-social-network-of-mid-2000s-is-reportedly-coming-back-i9hul5tje twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Most Popular Social Network of Mid-2000s Is Reportedly Coming Back | daily.dev og:description: The current owners of Myspace, Chris and Tim Vanderhook, have expressed plans to relaunch the once-dominant social network, as revealed in a new documentary by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/most-popular-social-network-of-mid-2000s-is-reportedly-coming-back-i9hul5tje og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/I9huL5tJE.png og:image:alt: Most Popular Social Network of Mid-2000s Is Reportedly Coming Back og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Most Popular Social Network of Mid-2000s Is Reportedly Coming Back **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The current owners of Myspace, Chris and Tim Vanderhook, have expressed plans to relaunch the once-dominant social network, as revealed in a new documentary by Tommy Avallone. The Vanderhooks, who acquired Myspace from News Corp, say they are waiting for the right moment to bring it back. A previous 2013 redesign attempt failed to attract users and cost the brothers over $150 million, but they remain committed to trying again. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Remember Orkut? 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