Facebook metadata for profiles

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Facebook metadata for profiles#

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Consult Metadata evaluation for an explanation of the evaluation system included in the column Int. Data.

¹CATLISM, 233-235

Data points from `facebook-scraper` for profiles ¹ ¹`CATLISM, 233-235`#

Table 5.22 #

Attribute name	Type	Int. Data	Description
`top_post.*`	array	[SID]	A JSON object containing details about the “top post” of the profile; it uses the structure for posts (see Table 5.21)
`Friend_count`	number	SID	The total number of friends
`Follower_count`	number	SID	The total number of followers
`Following_count`	number	SID	The total number of accounts the user follows
`cover_photo_text`	string	SID	Caption for the user’s cover photo
`cover_photo`	string	PID	Direct link to the user’s cover photo
`profile_picture`	string	PID	Direct link to the user’s profile photo
`id`	string	PID	Unique ID of the account
`Name`	string	SID	Full name, as specified by the user
`Work`	string	SID	A text-formatted version of the list of works (workplace, year, description) as inserted by the user
`Education.*`	array	[SID]	A dictionary containing key:values for each item the user included in the field “Education”, e.g. “University” : “BA in Linguistics”
`Places lived.*`	array	[SID]	An array containing JSON objects, each one describing the specified locations
`Places lived.link`	string	PID	The link to the location’s Facebook page
`Places lived.text`	string	PID	The textual description of the location, e.g. “London, UK”
`Places lived.type`	string	PID	Textual description of the type of location, e.g. “Current town/city” or “Home town”
`Contact Info`	array	[SID]	A JSON object containing key:values for each item, e.g. “Address” : “221B Baker Street, London”
`Basic info`	string	SID	Text containing details – if inserted by the user – such as date of birth, gender, languages
`Family members`	string	SID	Text containing the names (as they appear on Facebook) of users the user has tagged as family members
`About`	string	SID	A string containing free text as inserted by the user in the “About” field
`Life events`	string	SID	A text-formatted version of the list of life events inserted by the user
`Favourite quotes`	string	SID	A text-formatted version of the list of quotes as inserted by the user
`Other names`	array	[SID]	A dictionary containing key:values for each item, e.g. “Nickname” : “Zimmy”
`Relationship`	string	SID	A text-formatted version of the current relationship, e.g. “Married with X since DD MONTH YYYY”