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Do we know if Facebook stores the revision history of a given status or comment? Would it be possible to programmatically overwrite every status and comment?
by PsylentKnight 9y ago
Do we know if Facebook stores the revision history of a given status or comment? Would it be possible to programmatically overwrite every status and comment?
- mcny 9y ago> Do we know if Facebook stores the revision history of a given status or comment? Would it be possible to programmatically overwrite every status and comment? Yes. Facebook does. There's a quora question that asks "Why does Facebook provide an edit/revision history for edits made to comments?" https://i.imgur.com/GW0x500.png https://i.imgur.com/GW0x500.png https://archive.fo/EKzQx https://archive.fo/EKzQx One answer says: > I think its simply so you can see what was their originally. People are allowed to edit their comments now and they could write something one minute, get alot of likes and totally switch it to something else. If the comment starts off with something nice like "Have a nice day" and people like it and afterwards the person who wrote the comment comes back and changes it to something negative, then that would make you look bad. So it is there to make sure everyone can see what was originally there. Another answer says > Yes. It allows the audience to keep the content editor accountable for their actions. The transparency in information sets clear expectations for both the content producer and consumer.