It seems that websites in general are gradually being phased out:
http://www.zdnet.com...-it-7000010715/
Personally, as a proud Facebook non-user, I think it's a shame. I'd much prefer to have a standalone website, a work of individual expression, instead of being a cog in the Facebook machine, existing only to provide "content" that can be easily sliced and diced and streamed by others. I hope to have a website of my own online by the end of 2013 (it's been in the "planning stages" for years).