I dig into the MySpace "About Me" box bug that let anyone override their entire profile with raw HTML and CSS, and I try and make the case that this accidental hole accidentally taught a whole generation of teenagers how to build web pages. I try and trace back what got lost when every platform after MySpace decided customization was a liability instead of a feature.

Chapters:

• 00:30 – Cold open: the file on my desktop
• 01:44 – Not another MySpace eulogy
• 02:53 – The bug that became a feature
• 04:34 – Layout sites and learning by breaking things
• 06:21 – A popularity contest in disguise
• 08:37 – MySpace by the numbers
• 09:19 – Glitter, chaos, and meeting my wife
• 11:08 – Sterile templates, vanishing permission
• 12:53 – The security excuse vers ...