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by bdefore 1399 days ago
A powerful engagement and influence was left by MySpace, but it's not put up in protective glass for ticketed visitors to take snapshots of. I appreciate the nuance of its impact on the world, but... we've moved on.
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> A powerful engagement and influence was left by MySpace, but it's not put up in protective glass for ticketed visitors to take snapshots of

Maybe we should have. I'm sure a MySpace archive would have significant anthropological value a century from now. I don't really find this argument convincing to be honest.

I mean, you're basically arguing that we should tear down Ancient Greek and Roman buildings, tear down the Eiffel tower, and so on, "because we've moved on".

No one suggested destroying the Mona Lisa or other artifacts. The comment was regarding the hype surrounding the Mona Lisa hundreds of years later.