# MySpace loses all songs uploaded in its first 12 years of existence.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-loses-all-songs-uploaded-in-its-first-12-years-of-existence/831358>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 19, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-loses-all-songs-uploaded-in-its-first-12-years-of-existence/831358 "2019-03-19T12:05:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-loses-all-songs-uploaded-in-its-first-12-years-of-existence/831358/21 "2019-03-19T18:24:25Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Read the OP: _It already happened._

I wasn’t clear- I thought you were talking about the YouTube comment toward the bottom in the OP.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-loses-all-songs-uploaded-in-its-first-12-years-of-existence/831358/22 "2019-03-20T00:10:05Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Czarcasm’s Corollary: “But never assume that one eliminates the other”.

Corollary for Mercotans: “Never fail to attribute to malice that which is **not** adequately explained by stupidity.”

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-loses-all-songs-uploaded-in-its-first-12-years-of-existence/831358/23 "2019-03-20T00:23:09Z")

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I can’t buy that the storage space was an issue. When did MySpace stop being significant? From then to now, by what factor has hard drive space plummeted in cost? If they could afford it then, then surely they can afford one ten thousandth of the cost now.

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-loses-all-songs-uploaded-in-its-first-12-years-of-existence/831358/24 "2019-03-25T04:46:47Z")

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> [@Jeep\_s\_Phoenix](#):
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> Google+ is a bit different though; we’ve known about its impending closure for close to a year. Did MySpace send out any kind of maintenance notification? Not every site or app does that (even though they should!), but such a notice would be a sign of a considerate, professional IT department.

No, they didn’t. Which is consistent with this being a mistake.

People upthread are speculating that the “mistake” claim is cover for MySpace wanting to delete a bunch of stuff but not wanting to take the PR hit of deleting it. Which is just a wacky conspiracy theory.

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