Facebook's Lookback • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook's Lookback

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Post by neals » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 12:29 PM UTC

Ok, yes, I post way too many cats. Way too many.

Re: Facebook's Lookback

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Post by lucb1e » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 12:39 PM UTC

himal wrote: post #9

galapago wrote: post #5

> Sorry, this page isn't available Do you need to be logged in?

Worst error message ever.can't they be more informative ? Edit: It's still the same even after logging in.

> Edit: It's still the same even after logging in.

Same for me

Re: Facebook's Lookback

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Post by adam-a » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 12:49 PM UTC

quarterto wrote: post #8

Wow. I found this rather poignant. I've been on Facebook for 6 years, and it struck me that most of the events it picked out were closer to the start of those 6 years than the present.

I definitely found it the reverse. I've been using FB for 8 years and I found it very poignant too but most of the images seemed to be from the last year or two.

I don't know if this correlates with the amount I posted those years or is just the effect of randomly picking a fairly small pool of images and events. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clustering_illusion

Re: Facebook's Lookback

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Post by colinbartlett » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 12:59 PM UTC

Could someone please describe this for those of us that don't have a Facebook account?

Re: Facebook's Lookback

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Post by cadab » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 1:09 PM UTC

colinbartlett wrote: post #14

Could someone please describe this for those of us that don't have a Facebook account?

Its a auto curated video of your time on facebook, using your most popular posts/photos etc.

Re: Facebook's Lookback

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Post by uptown » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 1:13 PM UTC

colinbartlett wrote: post #14

Could someone please describe this for those of us that don't have a Facebook account?

It's a video showing some of your photos from the duration of your time on Facebook set to music.

Re: Facebook's Lookback

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Post by guelo » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 1:17 PM UTC

I've been much more impressed with Google Plus's Auto-Awesome videos.

Re: Facebook's Lookback

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Post by nmeofthestate » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 1:18 PM UTC

quarterto wrote: post #8

Wow. I found this rather poignant. I've been on Facebook for 6 years, and it struck me that most of the events it picked out were closer to the start of those 6 years than the present.

I found it funny, because of the mismatch between the "this is supposed to feel poignant" style of background music and the completely-lacking-in-poignancy material I tend to post on Facebook.

Re: Facebook's Lookback

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Post by bharathi-priya » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 1:20 PM UTC

Awesome..I was smiling when i am seeing my lookback video, remembering the moments.

Still i need to agree that some of my best pictures are missing in the video.

Re: Facebook's Lookback

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Post by kevando » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 1:20 PM UTC

Thanks, but I already frequently revisit my most popular posts to bask in the glory days of old. Is Facebook not keeping track when I creep myself?