Its not "Visualizing". Its called fetching random images.
The Faces of Facebook – Visualizing 1.2 billion Facebook profile images
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#12Working for me. Shows pictures, names and profile number. If you scroll to the top left you can browse all of the first users of Facebook. Pretty neat.
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#13The real question is - does this have the image from the profile I requested that they delete over 1.5 years ago?
If you have the id or username, then you can check for yourself with a simple HTTP GET to https://graph.facebook.com/[Number/username]. Seeing that this app uses the Graph API to request accounts, I highly doubt it will be able to see any residual/soft delete data Facebook might hold for you.
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#14Can't load the page. But I wonder, is it possible to grab all Facebook profile pictures (or at least the public ones), or were they given special access for research purposes?
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#15So apparently the app works because you can access someone's facebook page with the URL www.facebook.com/"#". With the number being the numbered profile they are.
Its curious, however, that Zuck is actually number 4 (www.facebook.com/4), numbers 1-3 are missing. I wonder why?
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#16So apparently the app works because you can access someone's facebook page with the URL www.facebook.com/"#". With the number being the numbered profile they are. Its curious, however, that Zuck is actually number 4 (www.facebook.com/4), numbers 1-3 are missing. I wonder why?
I see Zuck as #1, Moskowitz as #3 and so on...
Re: The Faces of Facebook – Visualizing 1.2 billion Facebook profile images
#17So apparently the app works because you can access someone's facebook page with the URL www.facebook.com/"#". With the number being the numbered profile they are. Its curious, however, that Zuck is actually number 4 (www.facebook.com/4), numbers 1-3 are missing. I wonder why?
I see Zuck as #1, Moskowitz as #3 and so on...
Click on the picture, it links to "facebook.com/4" (=zuckerberg), etc. There are several gaps in between the first 50 ID numbers. Probably some early test/fake accounts as well as people who deleted/deactivated their account. Eduardo Saverin (co-founder) has id 41 and Joe Green has 42.
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#18I clicked 3 zones before finding myself in front of a dick pic.
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#19I clicked 3 zones before finding myself in front of a dick pic.
Oh, an ass.
Re: The Faces of Facebook – Visualizing 1.2 billion Facebook profile images
#20So apparently the app works because you can access someone's facebook page with the URL www.facebook.com/"#". With the number being the numbered profile they are. Its curious, however, that Zuck is actually number 4 (www.facebook.com/4), numbers 1-3 are missing. I wonder why?
There's even a https://www.facebook.com/NaN :)