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Why Tom was everyone’s first MySpace friend

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Whether you liked it or not, your first friend on the internet was a guy in a white t-shirt looking over his shoulder. Tom Anderson hardcoded his own profile into the platform so every new user instantly had a friend, basically holding your digital social life hostage from day one.

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