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- File wiki/social.md — part of check-in [24ed860e48] at 2019-05-11 23:44:30 on branch trunk — Add small discussion about social networks (user: bernd size: 1829)
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But th 0490: 65 20 47 44 50 52 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 74 6f e GDPR allows to 04a0: 0a 74 61 6b 65 20 6f 75 74 20 64 61 74 61 2c 20 .take out data, 04b0: 61 6e 64 20 69 66 20 65 76 65 72 79 74 68 69 6e and if everythin 04c0: 67 20 69 73 20 66 69 6e 65 2c 20 69 74 27 73 20 g is fine, it's 04d0: 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6e 76 possible to conv 04e0: 65 72 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 64 61 74 61 2e 0a 0a ert that data... 04f0: 49 20 77 72 6f 74 65 20 61 6e 20 69 6d 70 6f 72 I wrote an impor 0500: 74 65 72 20 66 6f 72 20 47 6f 6f 67 6c 65 2b 2c ter for Google+, 0510: 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 6d 6f 73 74 6c 79 which is mostly 0520: 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 20 62 79 20 6e 6f 77 complete by now 0530: 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6c 73 6f 0a 73 74 61 72 74 , and also.start 0540: 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 42 6c 6f 67 67 65 72 2e ed with Blogger. 0550: 63 6f 6d 2c 20 54 77 69 74 74 65 72 2c 20 61 6e com, Twitter, an 0560: 64 20 46 61 63 65 62 6f 6f 6b 20 69 6d 70 6f 72 d Facebook impor 0570: 74 65 72 73 2e 20 20 4f 74 68 65 72 20 69 6d 70 ters. 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T 0670: 68 6f 75 67 68 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 6e 6f 74 hough I have not 0680: 20 61 74 74 65 6d 70 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 63 attempted to ac 0690: 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 6f 6e 65 tually write one 06a0: 3b 0a 62 75 74 20 61 74 20 6c 65 61 73 74 20 66 ;.but at least f 06b0: 6f 72 20 6e 65 74 77 6f 72 6b 73 20 74 68 61 74 or networks that 06c0: 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 6e 20 41 50 49 2c 20 79 6f have an API, yo 06d0: 75 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 69 6d 70 6f 72 74 20 66 u could import f 06e0: 65 65 64 73 20 69 6e 74 6f 0a 6e 65 74 32 6f 2c eeds into.net2o, 06f0: 20 61 6e 64 20 28 77 69 74 68 20 73 65 76 65 72 and (with sever 0700: 65 20 6c 69 6d 69 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 29 20 63 e limitations) c 0710: 72 6f 73 73 70 6f 73 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 6e 65 rosspost from ne 0720: 74 32 6f 2e 0a t2o..