--- title: Myspace wants to sell you a feed without an algorithm.... description: The Vanderhook brothers, owners of Myspace via Viant Technology, have confirmed plans to relaunch the platform with nostalgic features like Top 8 friends,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/myspace-wants-to-sell-you-a-feed-without-an-algorithm-brussels-is-about-to-make-that-mandatory-anyw-kzcryej9t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Myspace wants to sell you a feed without an algorithm. 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Brussels is about to make that mandatory anyway. **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Vanderhook brothers, owners of Myspace via Viant Technology, have confirmed plans to relaunch the platform with nostalgic features like Top 8 friends, profile songs, and a chronological, algorithm-free feed. However, the pitch faces two structural problems: EU regulators are already forcing Meta to offer similar non-algorithmic defaults as a compliance requirement, and Bluesky has already built a 43-million-user base on the same anti-algorithm identity. The nostalgia angle also targets a demographic (30s-40s) unlikely to adopt new social platforms, while younger users have no Myspace memories and face tightening age restrictions in Europe. The honest case for the relaunch rests on social media fatigue and incumbents being forced into designs that don't fit their business models — but whether the Myspace brand helps or hurts remains unclear. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many users does Bluesky have and how much funding has it raised? Bluesky has passed 43 million users and raised a $100 million Series B. The platform built its identity on a chronological default feed and user-controlled feeds, and continues to iterate on feed customization — including a new app called Attie that lets users construct feeds by describing what they want in plain language. _Developers and product teams tracking decentralized social platform growth follow milestones like these on daily.dev._ ### What EU regulatory actions has the European Commission taken against Meta over addictive design? The European Commission investigated Meta over addictive design aimed at children and issued preliminary findings requiring the company to disable autoplay and infinite scroll by default. Meta was also separately found in breach of EU law for failing to keep under-13s off Facebook and Instagram, part of a broader regulatory push that includes minimum age proposals across Europe. _Teams building consumer platforms affected by EU digital regulation track enforcement developments like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Facebook is absolutely cooked](https://daily.dev/posts/facebook-is-absolutely-cooked-a2w1g9u7a) · Hacker News · 211 upvotes · 63 comments - [Instagram’s head says engagement falls by half without the algorithm](https://daily.dev/posts/instagram-s-head-says-engagement-falls-by-half-without-the-algorithm-tf9ujv2jz) · The Next Web · 3 upvotes · 3 comments - [Social media’s next evolution: user-controlled algorithms](https://daily.dev/posts/social-media-s-next-evolution-user-controlled-algorithms-umwuv0um5) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [EU: Meta's autoplay and infinite scroll breach the DSA](https://daily.dev/posts/eu-meta-s-autoplay-and-infinite-scroll-breach-the-dsa-nbwmkw5tl) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#data-science](https://daily.dev/tags/data-science), [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/myspace-wants-to-sell-you-a-feed-without-an-algorithm-brussels-is-about-to-make-that-mandatory-anyw-kzcryej9t) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Myspace wants to sell you a feed without an algorithm. 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