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* You should have the Permalink URL of a story | * You should have the Permalink URL of a story | ||
* Open that link using ''browser profile chrome on Tony Laptop Chrome'' | * Open that link using ''browser profile chrome on Tony Laptop Chrome'' | ||
* | * Require chrome or user on Tony Laptop Chrome | ||
* Pause to load all of the story and all of the comments | |||
* Click the "Most relevant" dropdown → switch to "All comments" | * Click the "Most relevant" dropdown → switch to "All comments" | ||
* Wait for all comments to load. Facebook is slow, so give it plenty of time | * Wait for all comments to load. Facebook is slow, so give it plenty of time | ||
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* Once all replies have loaded and opened, select the entire post and all replies | * Once all replies have loaded and opened, select the entire post and all replies | ||
* Paste the post to a Google Doc with a descriptive name based on the post | * Paste the post to a Google Doc with a descriptive name based on the post | ||
** The Google ID to use is bourdyanton@gmail.com | |||
* Make sure that a link to the original Spotted story is pasted into the top of the Google Doc | |||
* Echo the Google doc name and URL to the active agent output space | * Echo the Google doc name and URL to the active agent output space | ||
Latest revision as of 14:22, 17 October 2026
These are the detailed instructions for how to scrape a story from Facebook Spotted:
- You should have the Permalink URL of a story
- Open that link using browser profile chrome on Tony Laptop Chrome
- Require chrome or user on Tony Laptop Chrome
- Pause to load all of the story and all of the comments
- Click the "Most relevant" dropdown → switch to "All comments"
- Wait for all comments to load. Facebook is slow, so give it plenty of time
- Scroll repeatedly in the relevant open tab until all comments are visible
- Click on all the "View X Replies"
- Once all replies have loaded and opened, select the entire post and all replies
- Paste the post to a Google Doc with a descriptive name based on the post
- The Google ID to use is bourdyanton@gmail.com
- Make sure that a link to the original Spotted story is pasted into the top of the Google Doc
- Echo the Google doc name and URL to the active agent output space