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HELP ! Facebook expert needed urgently !
I am writing
a book called "Remembering Maltby". It is memories, anecdotes and a little bit of ordinary history, for and by the people of Maltby (with a good bit of research, editing and stuff by me, obviously ) There will be original drawings/paintings of "Old Maltby" from our local artist.
I set up a Facebook page called "Remembering Maltby" and the response to it is nothing short of overwhelming.
Since starting in January there are now almost 2000 members who have been posting old photos, reminiscing and finding out things about their town that they didn't know.
Young and old are joining in and together we are recording history as a community.
I posted on here that the only worry I had was that I
ought to get to grips with the timeline thing before it changes completely ... and I am up Maltby Beck without the proverbial paddle !
Well, this has happened, inevitably I suppose and now I find that I can't go back to earlier pages on the page as they were posted. Going back on the timeline takes me to dates when others posted things on their pages, not the chronological order of posts that Remembering Maltby was originally. (if that makes sense)
I have much of the information saved, but there is/was very much that I wanted to look back on, now I am at the writing stage.
PLEASE HELP ! Surely there must be a way of going back to pre - timeline facebook ?
If not, I am afraid I might have to have regressive hypnotherapy to find the information. :(
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003377271935&sk=wall
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Bit if the people who have posted things have 'liked' which they must have done, then you could in theory go through every friend of the page, go to their page and send them a personal message, whether they are your personal friend or not, asking them to send you any info they sent to a mail address. That way you should, hopefully, get all the info that has been posted in a manageable form.
Unfortunately some people will have their settings so that you cannot personally message them - but all new posts should also go to everyone, and you could ask on the page, for people to message YOU with info again.
They are friends, not members like I said before.
Have a look at this weblink and read the different ways, although I would only use the Google Chrome add-on, as it's reputedly safe:
http://www.tothepc.com/archives/switch-old-facebook-profile-page-layout/
If they are friends, then it's still the same - go to their page through their name in the friends box and do as above. Any post should aso go to their 'home' but obviously that post will drop so if they are not online at that time they won't se it, but you can post the same message every day for a while and explain why.