Because I work on web software, other geeks ask me for help with really odd side-projects…
I want to repeatedly do a superpoke action on facebook.
like every 5 minutes
ok
what’s the easiest way to set that up?
I tried wget and it needs both to set the browser type and also a cookie for logged in which I don’t know how to do via wget
curl may be better for that - more options
alternative is Mechanize…
so my facebook poking problem has been solved.
oh?
I just used a small amount of javascript and an iframe
hahahaha
I had it poke her once every other minute, however you’re limited to 100 pokes per day per person apparently before it starts deleting the old ones.
so I’ll set it to once every 864 seconds for now
For those of you puzzled by 864: 24 hours * 60 minutes * 60 seconds = 86,400 seconds.
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It turns out that SuperPoke only stores the last 100 actions from one individual to another, so my efforts were in vain. But rest assured now that I can flood her with any poke I want within 2 hours of initiation
BTW - Geeks bite heads of chickens, nerds do bizarre programming hack jobs like this
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