Since October, Facebook has enabled users to download the data they have put on the service. Today, I took advantage of this capability to make my data available for sale. The result is a very nicely contained archive that opens in any web browser. The posts to my wall from August, 2007 until today are intact, as well as everything I have posted: updates, photos and videos in the resolution in which I posted them.
My friends are named in the archive. All links within posts are intact. You can see who a photo has been shared with. If anyone were ever interested in seeing what comments and links I've consumed and shared, this is a great place to start.
My Facebook account has become increasingly important to me as a point of connection with my family and colleagues. By extracting my data and making it available through a bitmenu link, I am able to share it on a "need to know" basis. At the same time, I have restricted access to my Facebook Page to friends only.
How could this be useful to you?
