Requested my data! Very close to deleting! Also, I have no idea why this goes back to 2005? Maybe this covers all Meta garbage and that's when I opened a Facebook account (long since deleted)? - ThreadSky

gregpak.net • 36 days ago

Requested my data! Very close to deleting!

Also, I have no idea why this goes back to 2005? Maybe this covers all Meta garbage and that's when I opened a Facebook account (long since deleted)?

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kellylynnthomas.bsky.social•36 days ago

I am wondering if that's just as far back as they could possibly have data. I requested my all-time data for FB and it also went back to February 2005, even though I didn't create an FB account until 2007.

popeyedoyle2025.bsky.social•34 days ago

Anyone get this to finish yet? It’s been over 24 hours - on FB since 2009. I have it saving to google drive. I’m tempted to cancel but I have a ton of old work manuals that are unavailable now and I’d hate to have to go in individually to save an/or lose them

evaelfiee.bsky.social•29 days ago

Text me

gregpak.net•34 days ago

Yeah, I got mine! Didn't take that long, but I didn't post that much to Instagram.

gregpak.net•36 days ago

Ridiculous that this terrible company has been on the periphery of my life for almost exactly 20 years.

drleightg.bsky.social•35 days ago

I had the same start date on mine, I think, or extremely close - February 2005 for sure. Either a coincidence or their boundary for data keeping.

geekelite.geekerific.com•36 days ago

I did the same thing, and I think when you select "all" as the range it just pucks the inception of IG as thr start date, regardless of what your start date actually is.

gregpak.net•36 days ago

ah, that makes sense!

geekelite.geekerific.com•36 days ago

Well, I'm glad that made sense with all my typos. 😄

gregpak.net•36 days ago

Okay, downloaded it! Here's where I went to get the download, btw. https://accountscenter.instagram.com/info_and_permissions/

scrappyaf.bsky.social•36 days ago

I give up all of my photos and posting history on Instagram because I did not want to log back in. I shut it down and walked away. I just despise them so much.
Burn it all down.

booyatrumpsucks.bsky.social•35 days ago

Me too!

scrappyaf.bsky.social•35 days ago

🙌

glennf.com•36 days ago

I deleted Instagram a few days ago, and I miss it surprisingly less than I thought because of how frustrating the app had become.

apearlma.bsky.social•36 days ago

Yeah, deleted my accounts on the 15th and it is a relief to not feel as if I have to check them every week or so.

gregpak.net•36 days ago

ha ha yes i've been so disgusted just navigating the menus to find how to download my stuff that i'm REALLY eager to junk it. and even just posting my last posts is a pain. just a bad interface.

zyblonius.bsky.social•36 days ago

Can you still download your stuff? I honestly gave up trying.

gregpak.net•36 days ago

We'll see! It's "pending" right now.

zyblonius.bsky.social•36 days ago

A few months back it just randomly stopped saving the images from my posts and I've found no way to turn it back on. I am confounded at how they continually make the app worse even while turning actively malicious.

cynthiareynolds.bsky.social•36 days ago

I did successfully a couple nights ago. Pixelfed at some point made it possible to upload an Instagram archive, but I haven’t been able to get it to work.

glennf.com•36 days ago

I got about a gigabyte out and it was nearly organized into HTML friendly viewable pages.

kristayloractor.bsky.social•36 days ago

luckymess.bsky.social•36 days ago

I’m going through the same thing. It feels freeing. I hope everyone on the platform understands that their data are currency for Meta

stillworker.bsky.social•36 days ago

Exact same date for me - super weird

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