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Reclaim and reuse your Facebook data

24 points by urza 16y ago

Humourisok 16y ago
Ok FB. You can keep the data. Give me FB options instead. Thanks.
- rubypay 16y ago
  This is a third-party application that allows you to export your data. It was not created by Facebook.
wicknicks 16y ago
Can't we get all of the data through open graph API anyways? http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/ http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/
- dacort 16y ago
  Sadly, no, you can't. Facebook seems to offload older data to systems that are inaccessible to third-parties using the graph API. Their "Download Your Data" feature has access to this tier via async methods. Reference: http://bugs.developers.facebook.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10576#c78 http://bugs.developers.facebook.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10576#c7...
aristus 16y ago
Facebook allows you to do this. There is no need to give a third party application access all of your information. Click "Account Settings", and then "Download Your Information". Voila. You'll get an email within a few minutes. https://www.facebook.com/help/?topic=download https://www.facebook.com/help/?topic=download To be fair, it appears that this project predates Facebook's launch of the download feature by a few months. I work for FB, but not on this feature.
- roinsh 16y ago
  When you download your information with the FB feature you only get your wall posts and other basic info. I guess that with this app you can download your group's wall, something I have always desired since the creation of the new groups. EDIT: I tried to download my group's wall with this app and it's not working.
jwatzman 16y ago
I'm curious what the point of using this app is after Facebook introduced a feature allowing you to download your entire profile a few months ago. It comes down as a zip file containing a nice, offline-browsable HTML minisite with your wall, pictures, videos, etc. http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/06/facebook-now-allows-you-to-download-your-information/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/06/facebook-now-allows-you-to-...
owenmundy 16y ago
This app has been online since late 2009. It offers formats that the FB download did/does not (dot file, XML, CSV). It received a lot of attention last year (2010) http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/facebook-app-brings-back-data/ http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/facebook-app-... possibly influencing FB to add the download service. Not sure if they would admit it, but its very possible the idea seeped-in somehow. I am the developer.
- adamfeldman 16y ago
  PHP runs out of memory when I try to export all of my mutual friends to dot or nodebox formats
  - owenmundy 16y ago
    How many friends?
    - adamfeldman 16y ago
      ~1500
      - owenmundy 16y ago
        I've been able to test only with mine of course, which is 589. I'm guessing its because of your number. There's a post on Stack Overflow about the troubles I had with that function, looks like I'm not done. Would you be willing to post in the discussions on the app page? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4281210/facebook-mutual-friends-and-fql-4999-5000-record-limit http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4281210/facebook-mutual-f...
      - owenmundy 16y ago
        How does one receive notifications of replies to comments in this system?

24 points by urza 16y ago

Humourisok 16y ago

Ok FB. You can keep the data. Give me FB options instead. Thanks.

rubypay 16y ago
This is a third-party application that allows you to export your data. It was not created by Facebook.

wicknicks 16y ago

Can't we get all of the data through open graph API anyways? http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/ http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/

dacort 16y ago
Sadly, no, you can't. Facebook seems to offload older data to systems that are inaccessible to third-parties using the graph API. Their "Download Your Data" feature has access to this tier via async methods. Reference: http://bugs.developers.facebook.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10576#c78 http://bugs.developers.facebook.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10576#c7...

aristus 16y ago

Facebook allows you to do this. There is no need to give a third party application access all of your information. Click "Account Settings", and then "Download Your Information". Voila. You'll get an email within a few minutes. https://www.facebook.com/help/?topic=download https://www.facebook.com/help/?topic=download To be fair, it appears that this project predates Facebook's launch of the download feature by a few months. I work for FB, but not on this feature.

roinsh 16y ago
When you download your information with the FB feature you only get your wall posts and other basic info. I guess that with this app you can download your group's wall, something I have always desired since the creation of the new groups. EDIT: I tried to download my group's wall with this app and it's not working.

jwatzman 16y ago

I'm curious what the point of using this app is after Facebook introduced a feature allowing you to download your entire profile a few months ago. It comes down as a zip file containing a nice, offline-browsable HTML minisite with your wall, pictures, videos, etc. http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/06/facebook-now-allows-you-to-download-your-information/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/06/facebook-now-allows-you-to-...

owenmundy 16y ago

This app has been online since late 2009. It offers formats that the FB download did/does not (dot file, XML, CSV). It received a lot of attention last year (2010) http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/facebook-app-brings-back-data/ http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/facebook-app-... possibly influencing FB to add the download service. Not sure if they would admit it, but its very possible the idea seeped-in somehow. I am the developer.

adamfeldman 16y ago
PHP runs out of memory when I try to export all of my mutual friends to dot or nodebox formats
- owenmundy 16y ago
  How many friends?
  - adamfeldman 16y ago
    ~1500
    - owenmundy 16y ago
      I've been able to test only with mine of course, which is 589. I'm guessing its because of your number. There's a post on Stack Overflow about the troubles I had with that function, looks like I'm not done. Would you be willing to post in the discussions on the app page? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4281210/facebook-mutual-friends-and-fql-4999-5000-record-limit http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4281210/facebook-mutual-f...
    - owenmundy 16y ago
      How does one receive notifications of replies to comments in this system?