The search function of the Facebook Graph API has a two week rolling window, I believe. Double Twitter's, but not helpful for historical searches. However, if you know the wall your desired post is on, you can pull posts all the way back to the beginning with no time limit as long as you have access to the account you wish to pull from (so it either has to be public or you have to be friends with the person/organization). ~DEEN On 4/13/2013 5:31 PM, Ellis Godard wrote:
This is one of the main reasons Facebook is for the here-and-now and not much else. Historical data is quite useful to the company, but unsearchable and largely inaccessible to everyone else.
If you know what page it's on, you can scroll down and let the page fill with posts (hours worth? Days worth? Years worth? Scroll farther back than you expect it to appear), then search on the page (CNTRL-F).
If you know it's within your data (your posts? Your page), you might still be able to export everything and search that way?
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l- bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Casey Tesfaye Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 1:31 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Facebook search?
Hi there,
Does anyone have a way to search for a particular post on Facebook? I've tried a few ways, with no success...
Thanks!
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