When a platform grown organically, it gets to start out with a good idea, and then retain some of the original spirit even after it has to introduce annoying rules and controls to deal with growth and attention (look at reddit eg)
When an at scale platform is spawned out of whole cloth, like what facebook is doing, the bureaucratic things that make it shitty get baked in from the beginning. The attention from day one makes sure there is all kinds of "what about?" happening that turns it into a boring, sterile environment. Government has the same problem, it could arguably be worse for Facebook.
They would be better off seeding and/or buying platforms that gr(o|e)w organically
When an at scale platform is spawned out of whole cloth, like what facebook is doing, the bureaucratic things that make it shitty get baked in from the beginning. The attention from day one makes sure there is all kinds of "what about?" happening that turns it into a boring, sterile environment. Government has the same problem, it could arguably be worse for Facebook.
They would be better off seeding and/or buying platforms that gr(o|e)w organically