FiXatoAug 14, 2021

Here's your periodic reminder to #backup your #SocialMedia profiles by using their relevant #DataLiberation options. :)

For #Mastodon that is usually at https://your.instance.example/settings/export
#Twitter has an export option at https://twitter.com/settings/download_your_data
#Google's services are just about all consolidated at their #GoogleDataTakeout at https://takeout.google.com/
#Instagram's available at https://www.instagram.com/download/request/

FiXato (fallback)Dec 3, 2020
In an attempt to make it easier to go through my old #GooglePlus posts to see which ones I want to repost on my #blog as #ArchivedContent, I've picked up #coding on #PlexodusTools again, and started adding #DataMassaging scripts for sorting and filtering content.
One of the first steps towards this, is discovering the topics I posted the most about, so here are the 50 most common hashtags from my #GPlus archive as taken from #GoogleDataTakeout:
https://gist.github.com/FiXato/464fb97df38a646955621eef74449fda
List of my 50 most commonly used hashtags (and their unique usage count), as parsed from my Google Plus Data Takeout archive.

List of my 50 most commonly used hashtags (and their unique usage count), as parsed from my Google Plus Data Takeout archive. - most_common_hashtags_from_google_plus_archive.txt

FiXato (fallback)Dec 2, 2020

The more I look at this old #GooglePlus #GoogleDataTakeout archive, the more I spot bugs/issues I missed during the #GooglePlusExodus period.
Of course nothing can be done about it anymore now, but it might be a warning for #DataLiberation of data from other #Google services.

Take for instance this #JSON file from my #GPlus Stream #GoogleTakeout archive: https://gist.github.com/FiXato/6edb8af605d0f6c0febe5fc94aeab087
And compare it to the related archived post on #WayBackMachine: http://web.archive.org/web/20190308043152/https://plus.google.com/112064652966583500522#author:i34

20190304 - Holy cow, this is one insanely ambitios.json

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Show threadFiXato (fallback)Dec 1, 2020

Looking at the source JSON from my #GooglePlus #GoogleDataTakeout archive, there's no firm indicator that this was a repost though... So, great, now I need to second-guess the origin of all my archived posts...

The only reference is a reference to Sean's user account in the postACL, but that can also happen with a regular plus-mention.

Hopefully my own scraped archive will be more useful...

#coding #rant

FiXato (fallback)Jul 6, 2019

Ugh... downloading multiple large archives from #GoogleDataTakeout is /TEDIOUS/... I don't dare download more than 2 at a time out of fear all of them will abort around 80-90%, but that also means that every time I queue up two more, I need to enter my password again...

I wish I could just use pubkey authentication and download these via rsync over SSH...

#Google #GoogleTakeout #GDT #rant #UX

FiXato (fallback)Apr 8, 2019

Oh how useful... the #GoogleDataTakeout JSON files seem to contain references to https://video-downloads.googleusercontent.com/ files that give a HTTP 400 error, possibly because those URLs tend to expire in a short period?

#GooglePlus #GooglePlusShutdown

Show threadFiXato (fallback)Apr 7, 2019
@jbond have you also noticed that a lot of the .localFilePath items for .album .media[] items in Google+ Stream/Posts seem to be pointing to files that are not actually there?
#GoogleDataTakeout #GooglePlus
FiXato (fallback)Feb 2, 2019

PSA regarding Google Data Takeout 'Archive Incomplete' Errors:
If you have been encountering the #ArchiveIncomplete error while doing a #GooglePlus export via #GoogleDataTakeout, this this might be worth reading: https://plus.google.com/112064652966583500522/posts/e49cG1NW6zb

#GDT #GPlus #GoogleTakeout #GooglePlusExodus #GooglePlusShutdown #Plexodus #Google

A brief PSA regarding 'Archive incomplete' errors on Google Data Takeout Sinc...

A brief PSA regarding 'Archive incomplete' errors on Google Data Takeout Since I see many posts about people just trying over and over by requesting a n... - Filip H.F. “FiXato” Slagter - Google+

FiXato (fallback)Feb 2, 2019

Do you have a Blogger blog that uses Google+ Comments rather than the native Blogger comments?
Then you have only about 2 days left to archive your comments before Blogger removes them from all Blogger blogs, and they are not included in your Google Data Takeout: https://plus.google.com/112064652966583500522/posts/EJukQAAfFrV

#Blogger #GoogleDataTakeout #GooglePlusShutdown #GooglePlusExodus #Plexodus #GPlus #GooglePlus #Google

PSA: Google+ Comments for Blogger owners have 3 days to manually archive the ...

PSA: Google+ Comments for Blogger owners have 3 days to manually archive the comments on all their blog posts Google isn't providing other people's comm... - Filip H.F. “FiXato” Slagter - Google+

Show threadFiXato (fallback)Jan 31, 2019
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Of course the #GooglePlus Community #GoogleDataTakeout archives are pretty much useless atm since they only contain metadata, Google has at least promised to add more useful information to them early March. Unfortunately that doesn't leave much time to download them, and seems to be only offered to Community Owners... not its members.