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> "Facebook has never allowed users to export the contact information of their friends. This has been a gripe against the social network for years, because ther
by callahad 16y ago
> "Facebook has never allowed users to export the contact information of their friends. This has been a gripe against the social network for years, because there’s never been an easy way to pick up and leave Facebook with your own data in tow."
Isn't that factually incorrect? I seem to recall Facebook offering CSV exports of friends' contact information from the very beginning, along with SVG graphs of your social connections.
- mithaler 16y agoLink please? If I'd known such a thing existed I'd have been using it years ago. The only way I know of to pull contact info from Facebook is to use my Droid's excellent contact syncing, and even that's one-way and can't add any data to my Google Contacts.
- callahad 16y agoIt was removed years ago, before Facebook was generally available outside of Zuck-blessed institutions, but I definitely recall using it during the 2004-2005 academic year. I'm mainly contesting the absolute claim that Facebook has never allowed this.