Facebook Silently Removes Ability To Download Your Posts

dcollins writes "Facebook has a 'Download Info' capability that I've used regularly since 2010 to archive, backup, and search all the information that I've written and shared there (called 'wall posts'). But I've discovered that sometime in the last few months, Facebook silently removed this largest component from the Downloaded Info, locking up all of your posted information internally where it can no longer be exported or digitally searched. Will they reverse course if this is publicized and they're pressured on the matter?" It does appear that the archive of your wall posts is now only available through the not-very-useful Activity Log.

Re:Get a court order.

[Rob the Bold]

If retrieving your posts is that important to you, get a court order, so Facebook must give you access to download them.

If the government's archiving all digital communications, who needs a court order? Just file a FOIA for your old stuff.

Reasons

[Anonymous Coward]

1) Buzz. You're talking about them. Free Advertisements rule!
2) Trial balloon. Did anyone notice? A little. Oh well, we'll dial it back a bit. Maybe you can only download the last few days' worth.
3) All your data are belong to ... Zuckerberg.

Re:Get a court order.

[c]

If retrieving your posts is that important to you, get a court order, so Facebook must give you access to download them.

If the government's archiving all digital communications, who needs a court order? Just file a FOIA for your old stuff.

That could work, but you risk having them black out the parts you're interested in.

Re:Hotel California

[mooingyak]

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Re:Hotel California

[Silvrmane]

Now you're just trying to make me cry. :P

Re:Hotel California

[Minwee]

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And your car wasn't "totalled" by a collision with a tractor trailer, it just "evolved".