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Facebook finally lets you export all of YOUR data!

Sure, in part it’s a defensive public relations move in the face of The Social Network, and in part a pre-emptive reply to Diaspora and similar social networks touting better control over your information, but it is nevertheless a massive step in the right direction as Facebook finally allows users to easily download all of their personal information.  Here’s a quick video explaining how:

This feature is rolling out over the next few days, and while I’m deeply curious how the information is formatted (since this will determine how hard it is to import into a different network), I commend Facebook for taking a step in the right direction (of course, they’ve still got a lot of work to do in other areas).

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