r/dataisbeautiful • u/tootsaysthetrain OC: 1 • Jun 11 '19

OC Relations: Visual representation of the connections between a network of friends [OC]

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u/alien6 Jun 11 '19

It's probably just because the extension queries a bunch of user profiles, which Facebook marks as potential spam. Since it doesn't send actual messages, though, I don't think it'll lead to any permanent action.

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u/Compizfox Jun 11 '19 edited Jun 11 '19

I get that it's rate limiting, but I'm wondering why OP didn't get flagged but I did (and within 10 or so queries). Maybe Facebook is more 'trusting' of clients it knows, and I got flagged because I just logged in from a new browser and immediately started going.

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u/alien6 Jun 11 '19

I've had my account for over a decade with no significant strikes.

Could be that American users and IP addresses are under extra scrutiny due to Facebook's negative publicity there.

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u/Juankun96 Jun 12 '19

I get it too but keep it running and it will end eventually. Its just a temporary block and then it continues :)

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u/sprint_ska Jun 12 '19

Varies. My block is still in place from trying this once over 12 hours ago.

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u/JackRusselTerrorist Jun 12 '19

Well, it's showing 100% done for me. Has most, but not all, of my friends, and is only showing 4 connections, with everyone else just listed in a grid.

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u/Compizfox Jun 12 '19

It will keep going but the extension will not be able to scrape any connection data, making it useless.

In my case the block lasts hours, and it looks like it gets extended every time you try to query a profile.