Freakolitics, Part I

This series may or may not continue, but I figure I would write this to prove somewhat of a point. 


This was a network that was, in a way, libertarian in nature. It had a very decentralized arrangement; you as the audience had the power to do whatever you wanted, and you more or less did whatever you pleased so as long as you were not ruining the experiences for others in the audience. More or less, the decentralized network administration depended on numerous constituent players playing fair. Unfortunately, the reality of this happening broke down, this setup wreaked of instability, and, finally, caused a massive revolt and subsequent drain in the audience.


This other network was organized like a strong federal government. It was a highly centralized tight setup, where this network's administrators made changes whenever they wanted, at many times to the chagrin of the audience. However, because this network more or less perfected the model of extending and enhancing your personal life structure instead of trying to enhancement through expansion (which was the model of the aforementioned network), the administrators knew they had an arrangement that was too good to be disrupted by audience disgust. It managed to become the most powerful network on earth.


I should mentioned that now the first network I mentioned actually took on the second network's approach of a much more centralized arrangement and it managed to slowly start regenerating audience growth.


What are these networks, you ask?


The former network I mentioned is Myspace; the latter network is Facebook.