Disruptology

“Wen Jia-bao is my homeboy,” shouts one of the comments on the wall of Chinese Premier’s Facebook profile.
Portolio’s Daily Brief reports that Premier Wen has garnered more than 50,000 supporters in 30 days, primarily in response to his handling of the situation following last month’s devastating earthquakes. The profile, obviously not created by the Premier [...]

There are 23,160 Facebook applications, according to a recent post by Flowing Data with figures supplied from Facebook.
The overwhelming majority of these apps fall into the category, “Just for Fun.” In fact, less than 1,500 fall are categorized as “Business”:

If you’re a company looking to establish a presence on Facebook, know your audience. [...]