What would a social media revolution be without MySpace? The completely revamped site recently dropped the invite-only status and opened to the public.

The Justin Timberlake-backed social network underwent a Biggest Loser-like shedding of pounds, debuting with sleek, modern horizontal navigation and a simple black, white, and grey color scheme  a far cry from the blue-and-white pages that were once synonymous with the site.

Users can register via Facebook and Twitter, with former MySpace credentials, or create an entirely new MySpace personal account. In an effort to personalize the site for each individual, the registration process asks people to choose which options they identify with the most  musician, photographer, filmmaker, DJ, brand, writer, fan, or comedian  and offers the choice to make a profile public or private.

The upgraded site focuses almost entirely on music, though that could just be a ploy to advertise Timberlake's new single, "Suit and Tie," which also features Jay-Z.

"With where we are in our development, and given that Justin naturally wanted to put his music on MySpace, we thought the timing was perfect for us to lift the invite-gate and open up the beta so we'd be able to make his track available to all his fans and also get a chance to vet the new platform with a broader community of people," a MySpace spokeswoman said in an email.

Much like its former incarnations, MySpace has kept the classic bottom-of-the-page audio deck intact, where users can play and add songs to the queue.

Meanwhile, connect with artists and friends via the People tab, or click the Discover function to find trending music stories in a Pinterest-like layout. Users can also post status updates, photos, and music to a Twitter-esque stream.

Still, for those feeling nostalgic, the former MySpace is available, but be sure to click over before creating a new profile. Running the two sites concurrently is not the ultimate plan, the spokeswoman said. Eventually, the classic MySpace will be phased out, though no specific timeline was discussed.

The site boasts about 30 million monthly visitors in the U.S. alone, and many of them have invested hours building profiles and playlists, "so it's really important to us to give everyone good customer service  even as we work on building a new platform," according to the spokeswoman.

In September, Timberlake caught the world off-guard when he tweeted a video presenting the newly redesigned MySpace to his millions of followers. The new MySpace debuted as a mash-up of social networks: "Pinterest meets Facebook meets Twitter for music fans," as PCMag put it.

The social media enterprise exploded in 2012, thanks in very large part to social corkboard site Pinterest. In a year that saw Facebook hit 1 billion total users and 152 million unique PC visitors, MySpace came in at 19.7 million unique PC visitors, according to a December Nielsen report. That was a 13 percent drop from the year before, but the site counted 3.5 million Web visitors, 57 percent more than 2011.

One of the original social networks, MySpace debuted in 2003, when co-founder Tom Anderson became everyone's friend. Eight years later, Specific Media acquired the site in June 2011, at which point Timberlake also dropped a few dollars into the company.

The deal allegedly cost the digital media company $35 million, and about 400 of the once-prominent social network's staff. MySpace now boasts a team of 700 engineers, designers, writers, and strategists "who live and breathe MySpace," the site said.

"There's a need for a place where fans can go to interact with their favorite entertainers, listen to music, watch videos, share and discover cool stuff and just connect," Timberlake said in a statement last year. "MySpace has the potential to be that place."

Editor's Note: This story was updated on Wednesday with comment from MySpace.

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