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MySpaceIM was the official instant messaging client for the social networking site Myspace. In 2009, a web-based client dubbed MySpaceIM for Web [2] was released to all English-speaking countries, allowing users to interact with friends and non-friends alike to grow their network.

Thomas Anderson (born November 8, 1970) [2] is an American technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the social networking website Myspace, which he founded in 2003 with Chris DeWolfe. [3] He was later president of Myspace and a strategic adviser for the company.

A MyLife public page can list a wide variety of personal information, including an individual's age, past and current home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, employers, education, photographs, relatives, political affiliations, a mini biography, and a personal review section which encourages other MyLife members to rate each other.

Furthermore, Myspace is set up so that anyone can customize the layout and colors of their profile page with virtually no restrictions, provided that the advertisements are not covered up by CSS or using other means. As Myspace users are usually not skilled web developers, this can cause further problems.

First, people use personal web pages as a portrayal of self, in a sense marketing themselves, since creators have the freedom to portray their own identities. Second, personal web pages are a way to interact with people who have similar interests as the creator, possible employers, or colleagues. Third, personal web pages can gain social ...