Article: Status symbol: Facebook is ubiquitous, but is it really an antisocial network?

But here’s a secret early adopters know: You can’t. It is impossible to water everyone’s Farmville, coo over everyone’s puppy pictures or get annoyed by every inane status update.

Eventually, Facebook will fade into the background of your life, no longer new and perhaps actually boring — about as remarkable as a ringing telephone.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/22/AR2010072206154.html