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Wow, what a great story. I learned a bit of internet history today. Great lessons, as well 👍

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hey hey heyyyyyy not all of us are mimetic lemmings, Chao!!!!

Also, I'm obsessed with those images of the MySpace layouts lol

Sunday Candy is as close as I can get to the MySpace vibes -- boy do I miss that personalization

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oh... I just deleted 100 gigs of MySpace backgrounds. Would have been an interesting art project to discover some of the weirder ones before I threw 'em all 😱

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Such a great story Chao. I love the idea that it's ok to start with the trendy or shiny thing if i gets you excited but important to just start! Nice work.

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Thanks, Hannah - really appreciate your thoughtful feedback. You unlocked several subtle points of confusion for me!

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Nice one Chao! This is an amazing story and packed with detail

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This is so cool! I always say if someone told me that coding was what I was doing on my MySpace page, I would've become an engineer. I really enjoyed this look back in time and your lessons from CoolChaser.

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Thanks, Michelle! I think you have a knack of being successful in whatever you set your mind on because you know how to pull people together and how to encourage us

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"when what you build collides with reality, be open" - wohoo, great story and such an important message Chao!

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Thanks Rick!

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