presence and future; looking around

I'm not sure how long this site will stick around; JP's gotta be worried about server costs, maintenance, moderation, and l/e/g/a/l issues if this gets too big. especially with no ads. I can't imagine him bringing anyone on; recreations like this don't turn out well if the original vision is tampered with in any way. he'd have to retain full control. that's part of why the original myspace died. it was a regular company then, and one held to the whims of the public. the social-creative aspect only worked because the larger casual userbase provided a foundation; as long as the "casuals" used classic myspace, it would stay that way, because that's where the money was and how it stayed afloat. vibrant as the creatives were, traffic is what funded websites. so, what will happen this time? too many users to support independently, but not enough to make it sustainable? I can't imagine JP going to the current model of social media funding, data selling. that'd be the ultimate kind of corruption.

doesn't matter for now, though. enjoy it while it lasts. maybe that's better; have a relatively brief period of activity then let it die of natural causes, just like before. maybe then we'll all realize that the past is the past for a reason, that we didn't grow up on accident. that it wasn't a cruel twist of fate that pushed us out of those digital days, stripped some of what they call home.

if there really was something special or valuable about those days, then consider it instructive. take what existed then, what you cherished, what you miss, what you love, and carry it with you. because lessons are to be learned.

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