Facebook update
From 2016 to summer 2019 our default was to log into Facebook during crawling using a generic "Charlie Archivist" account. Due to recent changes on Facebook's side, we are no longer logging into Facebook by default. While generally not necessary, partners are welcome to provide login credentials for their Facebook seeds if desired, or if credentials are required to view the content of a private page. You can read more under the "What to Expect" section of our Help Center page on Facebook: https://support.archive-it.org/hc/en-us/articles/208333113-Archiving-Facebook#Expect. We continue to work towards the most successful capture and replay of Facebook possible.
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Official comment
We no longer recommend entering login credentials. We find that you can archive more of the public view of pages, and more consistently, than was possible before without them. If you choose to use login credentials anyway, please keep in mind the following:
- a logged-in view can archive more than you might intend, potentially including content not intended for general public view
- Facebook is accordingly restrictive about automated users logging in, so our ability to support the quality of those captures is very limited
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