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Years of Mark Zuckerberg's old Facebook posts have vanished. The company says it 'mistakenly deleted' them.

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  1. rkcr
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    If we take Facebook's statement at face value, then they're admitting they can accidentally delete years of any account's history with no chance of recovery.

    If we take Facebook's statement at face value, then they're admitting they can accidentally delete years of any account's history with no chance of recovery.

    8 votes
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    annadane
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    I'll still give them the benefit of the doubt but Jesus Fucking Christ this sounds damning. If it's intentional deletion, you have to wonder about the mindset of the people running this company....

    I'll still give them the benefit of the doubt but Jesus Fucking Christ this sounds damning. If it's intentional deletion, you have to wonder about the mindset of the people running this company. Utter contempt for everything that isn't their inner circle?

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    1. [3]
      Cosmos
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      What benefit of the doubt is there to give them? If it was simply a mistake, why can't they put them back up? The posts weren't lost forever. They're all right here. Yup. That's silicon valley in...

      What benefit of the doubt is there to give them? If it was simply a mistake, why can't they put them back up?

      The posts weren't lost forever. They're all right here.

      Utter contempt for everything that isn't their inner circle?

      Yup. That's silicon valley in a nutshell.

      7 votes
      1. [2]
        elliecoral
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        You have to fill out a form for access. One of the required fields is Research Project. Imagine the lengths someone would go just to find out what Zuckerberg had for breakfast back in 2004.

        You have to fill out a form for access. One of the required fields is Research Project.

        Imagine the lengths someone would go just to find out what Zuckerberg had for breakfast back in 2004.

        1. Cosmos
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          You don't think they'd give it to Zuckerberg himself if he explained how is "mistakenly" lost them from his own site?

          You don't think they'd give it to Zuckerberg himself if he explained how is "mistakenly" lost them from his own site?

  3. Hypersapien
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    All I can say is that I'm glad I never created a Facebook account. There were a few times where I was close and thinking I should just break down and make one, but it never took very long for the...

    All I can say is that I'm glad I never created a Facebook account. There were a few times where I was close and thinking I should just break down and make one, but it never took very long for the Zuck to do some asshatted thing to scare me far away from it again.

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