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Re: DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts

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Post by darkpuma »

kefs wrote: post #159
saddlerustle wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lots of people in this thread are claiming that it doesn't based on gut feeling, but consider: - Facebook publicly claims it does [1] - Mark Zuckerberg testified in-front of congress and stated they do [2] - Multiple government regulators have specifically checked that it does in their privacy audits. [3] They might be lying and actively conspiring to not delete it, but they'd have to have a very good reason to take…

>>> They "trust me" >>> Dumb fucks https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

You'll no doubt soon be scolded for mentioning that quote, but it will continue to be relevant for as long as Zuckerberg's actions continue display that mentality. We'll soon have somebody telling us he said that years ago and people change, but the only thing that changed with Zuck is he became a bit more diplomatic and guarded with his language. Actions speak louder than words and Zuckerberg's actions speak clearly.

He's the same old dirt bag he ever was. Here are some fresh stories to back that up:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/21/facebook-...

https://www.vox.com/2018/11/14/18096008/facebook-zuckerberg-...

Re: DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts

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Post by edmundsauto »

SkyMarshal wrote: post #155
saddlerustle wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lots of people in this thread are claiming that it doesn't based on gut feeling, but consider: - Facebook publicly claims it does [1] - Mark Zuckerberg testified in-front of congress and stated they do [2] - Multiple government regulators have specifically checked that it does in their privacy audits. [3] They might be lying and actively conspiring to not delete it, but they'd have to have a very good reason to take…

>- Facebook makes money from your data by showing you ads. If you stop using facebook, you stop generating any revenue and your data becomes a liability, not an asset. This part at least is incorrect. Your data will always be an asset, and FB makes money not just by showing you ads but by selling your data.

How does Facebook make money selling data, specifically as it's different than selling ads? I thought their revenue stream was 100% ad-driven.

Re: DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts

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Post by Pokepokalypse »

edmundsauto wrote: post #162
SkyMarshal wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>- Facebook makes money from your data by showing you ads. If you stop using facebook, you stop generating any revenue and your data becomes a liability, not an asset. This part at least is incorrect. Your data will always be an asset, and FB makes money not just by showing you ads but by selling your data.

How does Facebook make money selling data, specifically as it's different than selling ads? I thought their revenue stream was 100% ad-driven.

The corpus of all of your posts are valuable for statistical analysis for ML models, sentiment analysis, and the like.

Re: DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts

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Post by skinnymuch »

Pokepokalypse wrote: post #163
edmundsauto wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does Facebook make money selling data, specifically as it's different than selling ads? I thought their revenue stream was 100% ad-driven.

The corpus of all of your posts are valuable for statistical analysis for ML models, sentiment analysis, and the like.

Isn’t that all to sell you ads?

Re: DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts

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Post by jefftk »

VectorLock wrote: post #102
jefftk wrote: post #90

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> All the big companies are doing immutable, append-only event logging and probably have no mechanism to expunge this data. All because storage is cheap and they need to hold on to everything for testing or whatever future need that might arise. This is not true at all. Here's a recent HN discussion that talks about how Google handles this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19809259 (Disclosure: I work for Google,…

So according to you Google will propagate deletes, but you don't know how/if its deleted from cold/offline/long term storage?

I'm very confident that the data is fully removed, because properly deleting data within NN days is treated as very serious internally. But I don't know the details of how it's done for cold storage.

(I would love to see someone subpoena something deleted, say, 1y ago and write up whether it was produced.)

Re: DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts

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Post by chimpburger »

2Ccltvcm wrote: post #106

Some sure fire ways to get your account actually deleted, and quickly: post large amounts of hardcore porn, extreme gore, and anything that puts Jews in a negative light like Nazi symbols combined with the prior two methods. The moderation team will nuke your accounts very efficiently.

Also, anything criticizing Islam or LGBTTQQIAAP rights

Re: DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts

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Post by corbett3000 »

anaphor wrote: post #18
rashomon wrote: post #2

You need to add a requirement that you had Chromedriver installed. I had Chrome, homebrew and Python3 installed originally but without running: brew cask install chromedriver The script wouldn't work. Works great now!

Thanks! I just added a note to the README mentioning it. I'm not sure how I forgot it.

OP: I'm close to getting this to run but I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "./deletefb.py", line 3, in from seleniumrequests import Chrome ImportError: No module named seleniumrequests

Any idea what's to be done?

Re: DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts

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Post by terminally_ill »

haser_au wrote: post #152
GaryNumanVevo wrote: post #131

Here's a good app idea: Take all your facebook posts and replace them with copywrited sections of books. I.g. my cringy posts from highschool become chapters from Harry Potter. No doubt Facebook would delete these posts permanently and DMCA them.

This may work against you, especially if Bloomsbury Publishing issues an infringement notice to Facebook. In that scenario, Facebook need to place your account on 'legal hold', retaining the account and history indefinitely while the copyright case is resolved. It's possible this would be cold-storage and all past edits.

Exactly the reason why I stopped using sources like Unsplash for free graphics when I was as a young designer. Imagine the Enis' surprise when their shiny new website came under attack by a zealous photographer for copyright infringement. This woman is now a chief editor for a major publisher. This is an awesome idea though, I think I'm going to go with Hunter S. Thompson though. ]:\

Re: DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts

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Post by [deleted] »

corbett3000 wrote: post #168
anaphor wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! I just added a note to the README mentioning it. I'm not sure how I forgot it.

OP: I'm close to getting this to run but I get this error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "./deletefb.py", line 3, in from seleniumrequests import Chrome ImportError: No module named seleniumrequests Any idea what's to be done?

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