MySpace possibly lost pretty much everything uploaded before 2015

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MySpace's devastating revelation might actually be a blessing in disguise.

On Monday, the once-popular social media platform nonchalantly dropped some big news: "Any photos, videos and audio files" uploaded before 2015 may be gone for good. The loss happened because of a "server migration project," MySpace said in a statement, but reports suggest it may not have been an accident.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.