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Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by icebraining » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 10:43 PM UTC

benatkin wrote: post #35

Whether or not it's public content and the privacy policy says it is, Oink botched it. If they were going to release all the data they should have said so. The archives not being generated until a user triggers the export indicates to me that it's just sloppy coding.

If they were going to release all the data they should have said so.

They didn't release anything new - all the data was already accessible from their website, and users were aware of that. They just made a zip out of it.

Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by icebraining » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 10:44 PM UTC

cageyjames wrote: post #48

ceejayoz wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it disrespectful that Twitter makes my tweets publicly available via their API?

That doesn't answer my question.

"Respect your users" is not a question.

Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by icebraining » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 10:47 PM UTC

filipmares wrote: post #26

siculars wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not when everything you put in is Public.

it was public on the site, not browseable. you needed to know the explicit url to your profile. there simply was no structure for it.

No structure? It was www.oink.com/{nick}, how is that not a structure? That's exactly the same structure as the zip.

Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by ceejayoz » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 11:06 PM UTC

cageyjames wrote: post #48

ceejayoz wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it disrespectful that Twitter makes my tweets publicly available via their API?

That doesn't answer my question.

You didn't pose one. I did, and you ignored it.

Re: Download Public User Data with Oink's Export Tool

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Post by cristinacordova » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 11:49 PM UTC

ig1 wrote: post #50

cristinacordova wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mean you changed the title? I certainly didn't as I'm now blocked from editing the title of my own submission. Also, the post seems to still be flagged.

Presumably one of the mods changed it

I see, thanks.