myspace was the greatest social media platform ever made and nobody gives it enough credit. you had to learn basic html and css just to make your page not look terrible. millions of kids were accidentally learning how to code at 14 because they wanted a cooler profile than their friends that was real engagement. you built something. you problem solved. you googled why your background image was broken and figured it out. every platform since then has gone the opposite direction. simpler layouts, fewer options, zero customization to express one’s self. they don’t want you building anything… they want you scrolling. we went from a generation that taught itself code through myspace to a generation that can’t change a font without an app. and somehow we call it “progress” just my opinion.