Here here! Jason has an excellent post about Facebook as the new AOL.
Its a comparison that people don’t want to admit to being accurate, because AOL is everything that is considered unfashionable amongst the web’s key influencers, whilst Facebook is quite the thing.
I must admit this short lived enthusiasm mirrors my own feelings. A couple of months ago I was breathless about it, largely because of its minimalist design. And now I find it pretty amateur and useless, despite its slick appearance.
In short, there is something about Facebook that doesn’t feel like its a step forward in the development of the web.