Some of us may spend a lot of time on various websites, posting text and images.
That can all be erased if someone in a high position doesn't like you or what you have to say. If they want, they can block and erase you from their server, causing all your hard work to vanish into thin air (or never see the light of day again).
WHY DO YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD AND SAVE YOUR DATA? SO YOU CAN COPY AND PASTE IT AGAIN INSTEAD OF RE-CREATING FROM SCRATCH
This post is a few links to a few websites so you can always request your data and download it.
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For https://x.com, log into your account and navigate here: https://x.com/settings/download_your_data
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For https://gab.com, log into your account and navigate here: https://gab.com/settings/export
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For https://truthsocial.com, [Im still trying to figure this one out]
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For https://greatawakening.win, unfortunately we, (nor scored.co) have any way to download your data, however i created a python script to export your data [TEXT ONLY though - no pics, but links!], which you can use python3 to run (assuming you trust me that much - don't blindly trust anyone, even me), the code is here: https://github.com/Fatality-GAW/User_Post_and_Comment_Scraper/blob/main/Fatality_GAW_User_Post%26Comment_Scraper.py
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For preddit, log into your account and navigate here: https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request
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For fakebook, log in to your account and navigate here: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=download_your_information
One addendum I'd like to add is that if you pretend you are from EU, you can claim your data, you don't have to be in EU, but you can play it like you are in EU and plan to talk to the authorities if a site doesn't give you your data.
If any of you respond with some other social media sites and how to get your data, I'll add them in.
First things first: Thank you, Fatality, for posting this. It is very useful and comes in handy!
For those on linux: CTRL+ ALT + T = open konsole [bin/bash] Or you may want to use the graphical user interface: synaptic or equivalent name to your distro and look for bs4. [commands are for debian/ubuntu based distro's. If you happen to run a different one, append the command to your distro]
2.create location to save: navigate to the right spot:
a. cd ~/path_to_your_desired_location
b. mkdir savespace
note: keep original, and cp ( copy) with a new name.
Since it is a csv, it may be possible to import it into a database of your own making:
csv-files are basically comma-delimited-text files. If you want to learn more, in Excel, or spreadsheet application: use import text, or text2columns. You'll see that you can use several delimiters: the usual: ", tab, komma, etc, but, you can also define your own, like a $ or any letter.
available:
Data&time; comment, link, topic, user posting the comment, etc.
Enjoy!
Good stuff thanks for unpacking the technical details.
For windows users, i believe you can download Python3 @ https://www.python.org/downloads/ and install..
But how to get bs4... that one is something i haven't done in windows, but this video might help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcnc1fQ8c84
After that you should be able to save the script to a folder, and open up a command prompt to navigate to that folder and run
python3 'Fatality_GAW_User_Post&Comment_Scraper.py'This may be helpful: https://scrapeops.io/python-web-scraping-playbook/installing-beautifulsoup/#how-to-install-beautifulsoup-on-windows
Since I am not a windoze-user, perhaps it is necessary to check whether pip is also installed together with python3.
To verify that Python is available on our local machine, we need to open the command line (in Windows search, type cmd and press Enter to open Command Prompt or right-click on the Start button and select Windows PowerShell), type python, and press Enter.