#but they delete andrew mccollum.

[fakeoldmanfucker]

"His roommates: Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. They were programmers."

Aaron Sorkin this is a brilliant script but??? No??? Where are you getting this??

Dustin only learned to program after Facebook was created because he saw it was getting big and he wanted to be in on it. According to him, he bought "how to code for dummies" and learned only after the site had gone live. And if you look at the different versions of the homepages of Facebook, this holds true. Neither Dustin or Chris showed up on the about page until early April (truthfully they could've been added any time between February 12th and April 7th, but the point is that they weren't on the "team" when the site went live; Eduardo was). Dustin is even initially described as "expendable programmer," showing how new he was to it, though his description is later altered to "no longer expendable."

And Chris, as far as I'm aware, was never a substantial aspect of the coding/development. He's described on the site as "the secret weapon" and is only ever mentioned in articles as the spokesman/press person (later, he's described on the site as "pressguy").

My point is. Mr. Sorkin you were just making stuff up lol.

[thegeekherald]

Facebook Fake account deletion twice in 6 months raise to 3 billion

Facebook is one of the most popular social networking apps. The main headquarters are located in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, and his college mates Andrew McCollum, Eduardo Saverin, Chris Hughes, and Dustin Moskovitz. Today, this American Facebook app ranks among the top four technology companies which include Google, Apple, and Amazon.

Fake accounts of Facebook

Credits: Vox

Nowadays, fake accounts are increasing on Facebook. Plus, many people are violating Facebook laws and creating profiles. However, it is not a crime to create fake profiles because it does not strictly ask the users to update their profile photo or to use real names.

But if a fake account is found threatening other, or doing criminal activities, then it is considered illegal. Strict actions will be taken against those who are found doing criminal acts using fake profiles.

Facebook removes 3 billion fake account

There are more than billions of fake profiles on Facebook. However, nothing impossible for facebook. Facebook has taken strict action against fake users, and it has decided to remove fake profiles.

Facebook: Fake account removal doubles in 6 months to 3 bil from technology

As per the sources, Facebook has deleted more than 3 billion fake profiles from October 2018 to March 2019. Luckily, these accounts were caught before they had any chance to become active users. Moreover, Facebook blocked certain fake profiles within a few minutes of their creation.

How to find a fake account on Facebook?

Detecting fake accounts is very easy. One can suspect a fake account by checking their recent activity on their profile. If the person is not adding photos, posting a status or getting tagged by their friends, then it is a fake profile.

Check out The Geek Herald for more updates.

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[web-scraping-tutorial-blog]

How to scrape public posts from Facebook using ScrapeStorm

In this article, we will tell you how to scrape public posts from Facebook using ScrapeStorm’s “Smart mode“.

Introduction to the scraping tool

ScrapeStorm (www.scrapestorm.com) is a new generation of Web Scraping Tool based on artificial intelligence technology. It is the first scraper to support both Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.

Introduction to the scraping object

Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

Official Website: https://www.facebook.com/

Scraping fields

User, title_link, Avatar, Time, Content, Website, Participating users, Thumbnail, Comments, Shares

Function point directory

How to configure the extracted field

How to manually set the page

Preview of the scraped result

Export to Excel2007:

1. Download and install ScrapeStorm, then register and log in

(1) Open the ScrapeStorm official website, download and install the latest version.

(2) Click Register/Login to register a new account and then log in to ScrapeStorm.

Tips: You can use this web scraping software directly, you don’t need to register, but the tasks under the anonymous account will be lost when you switch to the registered user, so it is recommended that you use it after registration.

2. Create a task

(1) Copy the URL of Facebook

Click here to learn more about how to enter the URL correctly.

(2) Create a new smart mode task

You can create a new scraping task directly on the software, or you can create a task by importing rules.

Click here to learn how to import and export scraping rules.

3. Configure the scraping rules

(1) PreLogin

When the page needs to be logged in to browse, we need to use the pre-login function.

(2) Set the fields

Intelligent mode automatically recognizes the fields on the page. You can right-click the field to rename the name, add or delete fields, modify data, and so on.

Click here to learn how to how to configure the extracted field.

Add or remove fields as needed, and rename the fields. The results of the field settings are as follows:

(3) Manually set the page

Some pages need to be scrolled to load more. In this case, you need to manually set the page to “Scroll to Load”.

Click here to learn how to manually select the page.

4. Set up and start the scraping task

(1) Running and Anti-block settings

Once the rules are configured, we can start the acquisition task. Click “Start” and then jump out of the taskbar. The taskbar interface has a “More Settings” button, which we can click to set up to improve stability and success rate.

Click “Setting”, set waiting time based on web page open speed. The anti-block settings follow the system default settings. Then click “Save”.

(2) Start scraping data

Premium Plan and above users can use “Scheduled job” and “Sync to Database”. If you want to download images, you can check “Download images while running”. Then click “Start”.

Click here to learn about scheduled job.

Click here to learn about sync to database.

Click here to learn about download images.

(3) Wait a moment, you will see the data being scraped.

5. Export and view data

(1) Click “Export” to download your data.

(2) Choose the format to export according to your needs.

ScrapeStorm provides a variety of export methods to export locally, such as excel, csv, html, txt or database. Professional Plan and above users can also post directly to wordpress.

Click here to learn more about how to view the extraction results and clear the extracted data.

Click here to learn more about how to export the result of extraction.

[superbhub]

Did Mark Zuckerberg Fail Facebook? What happened?

Facebook, the biggest social networking platform has been under plenty of scrutinies as of late. With the company embroiled in various scandals, public and media have blasted the company for their deficiencies. All these allegations and scandals have led us to ask the question: "Has Mark Zuckerberg failed Facebook?"

The billionaire Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook on February 4, 2004, along with his Harvard college classmates and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Chris Hughes and Dustin Moskovitz. Initially started by Zuckerberg as a means to communicate with Harvard students, it slowly started expanding and eventually took over the whole world. As of the 4th quarter of 2017, it has over 2.2 billion active monthly users. In addition, it's parent company, Facebook Inc., whose CEO is Zuckerberg, has acquired various other companies like  Whatsapp, Pebbles, Onavo, Atlas Solutions and many more.

Then why is the company under such scrutiny? Firstly, it is due to the massive privacy breaches of millions of user accounts that have resulted in a massive backlash from the users and the media. Secondly, Facebook's use of manipulation of the US election in 2016 also angered people to a great extent. These scandals have brought the Facebook and Zuckerberg to their knees. In the light of these incidents, let us examine the various scandals Facebook has been involved in and whether or not Zuckerberg has destroyed Facebook.

Cambridge Analytics In the most recent scandal, the political analysis firm Cambridge Analytica attained data of millions of user via a researcher who gained it through a quiz app on the program. The same firm was also linked to the 2016 US election scandal. This revelation left people outraged and politicians demanded a testimony from Zuckerberg in front of the Congress. The hashtag #DeleteFacebook became a massive trend. After a long silence, Zuckerberg agreed to testify on April 11.

Facebook responded to the Cambridge Analytica scandal by allowing users to download their users to retain their deleted data. This revelation triggered a massive outcry as people were pissed that Facebook was storing their deleted data. Facebook later apologized, calling it an unintentional "bug" but the apology did nothing to calm the public outcry.

In the 2016 US election, Facebook's role in spreading fake news across the social network was heavily criticized. Facebook later admitted last year that hundreds of fake Russian Facebook account purchased more than $100,000 in ads, which U.S. intelligence agencies claimed were made to in favor of now president Donald Trump. Zuckerberg addressed these issues and said they were working to combat fake news on Facebook.

The anger at Facebook grew, even more, when a 2016 memo written by a Vice President, Andrew Bosworth was released where he claimed that the company's growth is their main concern, not the safety of the people. He wrote "Maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on our tools. And still, we connect people. But the nasty truth is we believe in connecting people to such an extent that anything that allows us to do so more often is *de facto* good."

Bloomerang revealed that images and links you send on Messenger are scanned and stored by Facebook. This has questioned Facebooks ability to uphold it's users' privacy despite Facebook's claims that it is done to flag sensitive data.

A Facebook Messenger spokesperson told Bloomberg, "For example, on Messenger, when you send a picture, our automated systems first scan it using a photo matching technology to detect if there is any known child exploitation imagery or when you send a link, we have to scan it thoroughly for various malware and viruses. Facebook designed these tools in order to stop any abusive behavior that happens our media platform.”