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  1. Tom Anderson, better known online as MySpace Tom, was, for a brief period in the early 2000s, arguably the most popular man on the internet. Boasting over 200 million friends at the apex of MySpace’s popularity, Tom was everybody who signed up to use the site’s first, but hopefully not only, friend.

  2. Aug 11, 2016 · A sign of high social standing, this was the MySpace equivalent of a hole in one or perfect 10. If you had a new message, new friend request, comment, event invite and comments on your blog and ...

    • ljohnson@digitalspy.co.uk
  3. Sep 30, 2016 · Everyone's first - and ultimately most loyal MySpace friend, Tom was ever-present - with his smiling profile picture reminding you that this was a fun, happy place, full of fun, happy people.

    • ljohnson@digitalspy.co.uk
  4. Jul 3, 2020 · Tom Anderson co-founded Myspace back in 2003, alongside Chris DeWolfe. Known as the platform’s ‘first friend’, Tom was everyone’s first connection by default when signing up to the ...

  5. Tom sold Myspace in 2005 for a whopping $580 million. Not all of that money went to him, but he still helped broker the massive deal. The man who popularized social media and effectively started Facebook before Facebook has been enjoying a fantasy retirement ever since closing the sale. Source: Getty Images.

  6. Mar 18, 2019 · In 2005 Myspace was sold to News Corporation for around $580m but Tom had remained in his role as president until 2009. He was the removed as a default friend on Myspace in 2010, and instead he ...

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  8. Jun 19, 2015 · He became know as Myspace Tom because up until 2010, he was automatically assigned as the first ‘friend’ of new Myspace users when they created their profiles. Anderson is no longer part of ...

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