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0 pointstheycallmemorty16y ago0 comments

I just figured they wouldn't appreciate it because it 'harvests' data from facebook... in the same way they didn't like that firefox extension that converted the email address images into plain text.

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bshep16y ago· 1 in thread

I can see it going either way.

If they hate it, I'm sure they'll try to block the script somehow. Either by changing stuff on the page or by threatening legal action.

If they love it (they might see it as a way to re-gain the trust of their user...), they might integrate it into their page.

Either way, as I said previously, I'm glad it's out in the open, that will prevent them from disappearing the project.

catch2316y ago

It's a bookmarklet though, which means it's all client side javascript, which will make it pretty hard to block. It's basically a greasemonkey extension, and if you look at all the GM extensions available on userscripts.org, there are some that do pretty crazy things and are usually updated on the same day the site owner changes something that causes the script to break.

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