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nano81 on Jan 7, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: We are in the AOL days of social networking

In regards to your example, yes the data is warehoused in Facebook servers, but the publisher still has access to the raw data:

"Access to raw data: Query all comments via the comments.get API method or the comment FQL table."

http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/198

catshirt on Jan 7, 2011 | [–]

I didn't intend to suggest the publisher couldn't access the data. Regardless, I don't think it discredits my point.

michaelchisari on Jan 7, 2011 | [–]

Access, however, is granted at her majesty's pleasure.

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