Social media users took notice of his laid-back appearance, with one saying: MySpace Tom is looking fine.
Tom is living all our dreams, another commented on one of his earlier Instagram posts.
We need Myspace back!!
Sorry we didnt realize how good we had it!
We need a social media CEO whos nice, another said.
You never tried world domination, one wrote, and we didnt appreciate you enough for that.
During its glory days, Andersons iconic profile became a default friend to every new users friend list.
Actually, things did go remarkably easy for us.
When we were about a month into it, I remember thinking, This may not work out.
Just one day, in particular, we saw this huge spike because of people telling each other.
It just went crazy from there, he went on to say.
We didnt have this big, long struggle behind it.
We put it up, and it got popular very quickly.
We didnt know how good we had it.
Anderson stepped down as the president of MySpaceand retired in 2009.
Fans missed his default friend profile, which was replaced with a Today On MySpace or T.O.M.
After retiring from MySpace in 2009, he did not chase after another revolutionary tech empire.
Instead, he chose a life of sunsets, waves, and stunning photography.
When I left the work world, I started designing my dream house, he was quotedtellingtheRed Bulletinin 2017.
I dived into architecture and bought seven vacant lots.
My plan was to build one house, move in, and build the next.
Ive also lost people I love because of this pursuit :-(Photographyhas literally changed my life.
Instagram has really changed the travel industry, he said during a 2017 interview withBusiness Insider.
People see a photo on Instagram and decide to go.
Tourism has skyrocketed in photogenic places because of Instagram, he added.
Ill pay a lot to not waste time.
When it came toadvice he would give youngsterseager to travel, he said: Do it now!
Work and family commitments will put you in a position where its very difficult to travel.
Do it while youre young and its so much easier.
Anderson reportedly resides in Hawaii and has an estimated net worth of $60 million.
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