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SpaceHey is a social networking service characterised as a revival of the 2005 social networking website, MySpace. The site was founded in 2020 by student and entrepreneur, An, and developed by tibush labs, a software development startup based in Germany.

Background
According to Fast Company, An has always been fascinated by the early stages of the internet. "I really like the feel of ‘old’ websites, I watched a lot of videos about MySpace and looked at a ton of screenshots and Archive.org pages, and I came to the conclusion that you can’t find something like this kind of social site nowadays anymore."

Features
SpaceHey users can add each other as friends, write blog posts, list hobbies, post pictures/videos and chat via messages. Profiles can be customized with bold, italics, blinking text, custom fonts and background images using HTML tags or inline CSS. Mirroring his predecessor, MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson, An automatically befriends any user that registers on the site.

On January 1st 2021, An announced upcoming developments on his SpaceHey profile, including SpaceHey Music, a feature aimed at independent artists. Musicians can post their music directly on SpaceHey, exposing them to a broader audience. Each user can browse through all uploaded songs, listen, share and embed music on their profiles.

Reception
In December 2020 SpaceHey was officially announced on ProductHunt , and accumulated over 100 000 users by the end of March 2021, including ProductHunt founder Ryan Hoover and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.