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Re:Ask HN: Know a good tool to purge all posts/likes/photos ... by nickcw on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @11:45AM (#12255370)
Delete the app and just use the mobile website.

That is what I did, and it works pretty well in general.

It also has the advantage (for me) that you don't get any notifications.

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Re:Ask HN: Know a good tool to purge all posts/likes/photos ... by roninb on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @11:59AM (#12255489)
You're not redirected to use the Messenger app when trying to check messages on mobile. For a bit, while on the B side, I could request a desktop site on Chrome for Android and then still use the m.facebook.com subdomain. Now that I'm on the A side, I can't use that workaround.

I've been told other m.facebook.com wrappers like Tinfoil were affected by this as well.

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Re:Ask HN: Know a good tool to purge all posts/likes/photos ... by srathi on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @02:31PM (#12256759)
Use mbasic.facebook.com. Works like a charm! (so far)
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Re:Ask HN: Know a good tool to purge all posts/likes/photos ... by hollander on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @05:16AM (#12260426)
That's even an option on the laptop!
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Re:Ask HN: Know a good tool to purge all posts/likes/photos ... by Spivak on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @03:04PM (#12256996)
FaceSlim currently works great as a Tinfoil replacement until they work around redirect.
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Re:Ask HN: Know a good tool to purge all posts/likes/photos ... by bsbechtel on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @11:49AM (#12255392)
That's probably what I'm going to have to do. Thanks for mentioning this!
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Re:Ask HN: Know a good tool to purge all posts/likes/photos ... by hollander on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @05:18AM (#12260435)
Plus this works without uploading your contacts to FB.
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