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==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 name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Holliday |first=Laura |date=8 February 2021 |title=A Teenager
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><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=5 April 2022 |title=SpaceHey, un site Web pour les nostalgiques de la plateforme MySpace |language=fr |trans-title=SpaceHey, a website for those nostalgic for the MySpace platform |work=[[Ouest-France]] |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/high-tech/internet/spacehey-un-site-web-pour-les-nostalgiques-de-la-plateforme-myspace-7710287 |access-date=2 May 2022}}</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> To cope with growing user demand, the site migrated its infrastructure in October 2021.<ref name=":3" /> 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> The website had about 500,000 users by April 2022.<ref name=":2" />
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== Media attention ==
Spacehey has been discussed by media such as ''[[The Independent]]'',<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> [[Vice (magazine)|''Vice'']],<ref
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