This is useful to know; it tells me that if you, Nick O'Neill, ever ask to add me as a contact on Facebook, I should refuse, because you won't honor the privacy preferences I've asked Facebook to enforce for me. Facebook's anti-export rule isn't just about competition; it's also a privacy-protecting promise to its users.
Nick O'Neill
· 1 year ago
James,
You gave me access to your email and phone number when you added me as a friend. I should be able to take that access elsewhere.
Best, Nick
Paultwo
· 1 year ago
Interesting thing is the fact that facebook used to allow you to export yur contacts and there info to address book (after some work) but it was disabled shortly after I exported my first wave of contacts.
Paultwo
· 1 year ago
LOL. Ok, well that's simple. If you ARENT friends why would you friend invite him anyway?? If you are friends then you shoulnt care if they have your contact info!
Dan Birdwhistell
· 1 year ago
Nick. Try FriendCSV: http://apps.new.facebook.com/friendcsv/. We built this back in Oct 07 to solve this problem. It doesn't let you export contact information, but does give you the ability to synch it up with your existing gmail address book. Great way to at least "manage" your fb contact list.
acafourek
· 1 year ago
I believe I tested out an application once called Friend CSV or something like that which allowed me to export a csv file with a ton of friend info... I'll go dig around and see if I can find it. While it is not the best potential way to access your friends' info, it might be a start!
There is a facebook app called facebooksync that will sync your friends contact info and picture to you mac address book. Not sure about one for the PC though...
kemeny
· 1 year ago
loved the post!. but.... at least in my case. most of my contacts on facebook are not of any use... most of them ..old acquaintances and people i have no real connections to now. being able to export them and then adding them to my gmail address book would be of little use... and probably a huge pain in to filter out the ones that ARE important .... and then again... i probably already have them in my address book anyways. ....
besides all this.... YEAH FACEBOOK don't be another MICRO$OFT!
Mike Chelen
· 1 year ago
Facebook must learn that an export feature adds value to the platform leading to more users, not fewer.
All Comments
You gave me access to your email and phone number when you added me as a friend. I should be able to take that access elsewhere.
Best,
Nick
besides all this.... YEAH FACEBOOK don't be another MICRO$OFT!