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The enduring portrait of Myspace Tom, the Mona Lisa of profile pictures

• http://www.theverge.com, by Lizzie Plaugic

Picture Myspace founder Tom Anderson in your head. What do you see? A man, 20-something, with short hair, looking over the shoulder of his white T-shirt. And his face, well, his face is slightly pixelated.

That's because you're not thinking of a person. You're thinking of a photo — one particular photo, which is the same photo I'm thinking of, which is the same photo that everybody thinks of when they hear "Myspace Tom." This is because Tom Anderson might have the most consistent, recognizable profile picture of anyone on the internet.

First, it was his Myspace profile picture. Since founding the site in 2003, Tom was the first person to appear on every user's friends list, guaranteeing that somebody would appear in your Top 8. Though Myspace has changed owners and designs, Anderson's profile picture has remained the same.


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