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'''Spacehey''' (stylized as '''SpaceHey''') is an English-language online [[social network]] operated by the German tibush [[Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung|GmbH]] and headquartered in [[Pfullingen]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Imprint - tibush GmbH|url=https://tibush.com/imprint/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=tibush.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kirby |first=Meaghan |date=27 April 2022 |title=A Teenager Made a MySpace Replica and It's Honestly Pretty Sweet |work=[[Nerdist]] |url=https://nerdist.com/article/myspace-replica-spacehey-social-networking-nostalgia/ |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> Founded in 2020 by Anton Röhm, the project serves as a homage to social media platform [[MySpace]] during its peak in the mid-2000s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=This Myspace Reincarnation Is Giving Me so Much Joy|url=https://gizmodo.com/this-myspace-reincarnation-is-bringing-me-so-much-joy-1846229988|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Gizmodo|language=en-us}}</ref>
==History==
Spacehey was created in 2020 by 18-year-old German web developer Anton Röhm.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anton Röhm aka "AnTheMaker"|url=https://tincon.org/speaker/anton-roehm-aka-anthemaker/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=TINCON|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Savov|first=Vlad|date=12 November 2021|title=Retro MySpace Clone SpaceHey Blows Up With 200,000 Signups|work=[[Bloomberg News]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-12/retro-myspace-clone-spacehey-blows-up-with-200-000-signups|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> Röhm stated that he never personally used MySpace at its peak, due to the fact that he was too young at the time, but added, "Thanks to older friends and the internet, I heard a lot about it. I came to the conclusion that you can't find something like this nowadays, where everyone can be this creative".<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Teenager has remade Myspace and everyone is loving it|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx8kp4/a-teenager-has-remade-myspace-and-everyone-is-loving-it|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.vice.com|language=en}}</ref>
On November 26, 2020, Spacehey launched under the domain spacehey.com.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1332022273574887431|user=spacehey|title=SPACEHEY.COM IS LIVE!!|access-date=2021-11-28|language=en|date=26 November 2020}}</ref> Three days later Röhm posted it on [[Product Hunt]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=An|title=SpaceHey - MySpace Reborn|url=https://www.producthunt.com/posts/spacehey|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Product Hunt|language=en}}</ref> where it was awarded #1 Product of the Day on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-11-29|title=SpaceHey - MySpace Reborn 👥|url=https://www.producthunt.com/posts/spacehey|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-02|website=Product Hunt|language=en}}</ref> Röhm stated that the site had over 10,000 registered users by December 2020<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1341384492146176001|user=space_hey|title=There are now 10 000 registered users on SpaceHey!Thank you!!<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |access-date=2021-06-14|language=en|date=22 December 2020}}</ref> and 100,000 users by February 2021.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1365401193476931593|user=space_hey|title=100 000 people are on SpaceHey now! This is incredible!!Thank you everyone 🥳<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |access-date=2021-06-14|language=en|date=26 February 2021}}</ref> In November 2021, registered users had grown to over 300,000.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1459326788354686976|user=spacehey|title=300 000 people 🤯🥳 WE DID IT!! This is crazy!! Thank you everyone!!}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Dietz |first=Meredith |date=16 November 2021 |title=The Appeal of MySpace Nostalgia, According to a Curious Member of Gen Z |work=[[Lifehacker]] |url=https://lifehacker.com/the-appeal-of-myspace-nostalgia-according-to-a-curious-1848067352 |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>
==Features==
Spacehey is accessible without [[Registered user|registration]]. However, in order to publish content or interact with other users, a user account must be created. New users only need to enter an email address and password.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SignUp {{!}} SpaceHey.com|url=https://spacehey.com/signup|access-date=2021-06-14|website=spacehey.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
Spacehey has many of the same basic functions that Myspace had at its peak, such as profile pages, [[blog]]s, bulletins, interest groups, and [[instant messaging]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-08|title=MySpace has been brought back to life - sort of|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/myspace-back-spacehey-b1799269.html|access-date=2021-06-20|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Corbett |first=Kelly |date=13 November 2021 |title=Is SpaceHey Real? A Look Inside the Modern-Day MySpace |work=[[Distractify]] |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/is-spacehey-legit |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> In a blog post, Anton Röhm stated that it is currently not possible to implement the gallery function that many users want because it would take up too much storage space and the available financial resources could not provide the necessary space as of June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Groups and more! - An's Blog {{!}} SpaceHey.com|url=https://blog.spacehey.com/entry?id=27305|access-date=2021-06-14|website=blog.spacehey.com|language=en}}</ref>
An aspect of Spacehey that differs it from modern social media, is the ability of users to fully customize the appearance and functionality of their profile pages using [[HTML]] and [[CSS]], which was one of MySpace's most notable features.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dowd|first=Rachael|date=2020-12-21|title=This new networking site has everything you miss about mid-2000s Myspace|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/spacehey-myspace-clone-social-media-platform/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-20|website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|language=en-US}}</ref> However, this also results in security problems as it did with MySpace; users can use HTML to integrate external content into their profiles that could potentially be harmful to the profile visitor. For this reason, when a user visits someone else's profile page the first time, the website displays a notice to draw attention to these potential risks and refers to Spacehey's privacy policy.
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