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Facebook
Graph Searching
Graph was Facebook's previous search
tool, running via the search box until 2014. It allowed
you to do a few things that the new search won't, such
as making your search specific to an individual or page.
Mercifully, it is still running on the
Facebook server, but you'll need to do a few things to
get it to work.
Getting Graph to work
Firstly, you may need to set your
Facebook interface language to "English (US)". It's
found under "language"
Then try a few searches.
If the results allow you to "see more", you can get into
a Facebook Graph search and start experimenting.
Play with the web addresses
An ordinary Facebook search for
Norwegian speakers
brings up a few results and an option to "see
more". This will take you into a Graph search
which allows greater flexibility.
The Facebook search is very fussy. You
have to play around with the wording sometimes to get it
to work.
A search for "Norwegian speakers that
work for Shell" won't produce results.
A search for "Shell employees who speak
Norwegian" does work!
Using the Graph Web Address
Graph may
or may not come up as a "see more" option when you do a
search, however they may work if you can guess or
formulate the right web address.
Graph search web addresses always start
with:
www.facebook.com/search/
followed
by ID codes, which identify people & pages, and search
"operators" which define the function. For example:
www.facebook.com/search/4/photos-liked
These search addresses can be very long,
with different groups intersecting to produce elaborate
results such as:
www.facebook.com/search/
113371425340197/residents/present/
214666208660220/likers/
intersect/
pages-liked
Finding
the Facebook ID number
You can
find the ID code by visiting
findmyfbid.com and
entering the user name (from the Facebook profile's
webaddress).
If that doesn't work, try
looking in
the HTML source code for the number following the tag
marked "fb://page/".
Useful
Graph operators
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Action |
Operator |
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Liked |
/likers |
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Pages named |
/str/keywords separated by %20/pages-named/ |
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Places
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/residents/past (or present)
/users-birth-place
/employer-location/ever-past (or present)
/place-visited
/places (e.g.bars)
/places-in |
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Friends |
/friends |
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People by name |
/str/keywords separated by %20/user-named
/males (or females) |
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Marriage |
/spouses/females (or males) |
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Groups |
/groups or /groups-privacy (for private
groups) |
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Employment |
/job-liker-union
/employers
/employees/past (or present)
/employer-location/ever-past |
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Photos & Videos |
/photos-of
/photos-by
/photos-in (photos taken in a place)
/photos-tagged
/photos-commented
/photos-liked
/videos-of etc. |
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Posts |
/stories-commented
/stories-topic
/stories-by
/stories-tagged
/stories-liked |
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Religion/Politics |
/users-religious-view
/users-political-view |
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Sexuality |
/users-interested/males (or females or both) |
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Combined search |
/intersect (at the end of the address) |
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Language
speakers |
/speakers |
Sample searches for you
to customise*
People & Friends
Friends of Person A that like
Page X
Friends of Person A that
work for Company B
Friends of friends of
Person A that work for Company B
Mutual friends of
Person A and Person B
Friends of friends of
Person A that are friends of Person B's friends and live in
Town A
Public figures named X
People named X who live in
Town "A" and like Page X
Men named "Y" married to women named
"Z"
Page
likes
Pages
liked by Person A
Pages liked by friends of
Person A
Pages liked by Person A and
Person B
People who like Page X and live in
Town A
Groups joined by people who
like Page X
Pages liked by people in
Town A who like Page X
Closed groups joined by Parisians who
like Page X
Teachers that like Page X
Photos & Videos
Photos posted by
Person A
Photos posted by people who live in
Town A and like Page X
Photos liked by Person A and
Person B
People who like photos taken by
Person A
Recent photos taken in
Town A
Videos of people who
like Page X
Videos liked by people who
like Page X
Posts
Posts commented on by
Person A
Posts
about Subject A
Posts tagged with Company
A
Posts about people who like
Page X
Posts commented on by people who like
Page X
use
Google to find more
Places, countries, check-ins and
nationality
People who checked-in
somewhere
Places visited by Person A
People who speak a
language
Home residents of
a country
People from Place A that live in
Place B
People who were born in
Place A and work in Place B and have visited
Place C
Restaurants visited by
Profession A in Town B
see more at graph.tips
Religion-based
Protestants that like Page
X
Catholics that like Page X
Muslims that live in Town
A and like Page X
Jewish people named X who live in
Town A
Other religion codes
| Hindu |
109107252447873 |
| Buddhist |
114761101868288 |
| Shinto |
112268618789811 |
| Atheists |
111235122235077 |
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Satanists |
109491989070706 |
| Scientologists |
103822469656893 |
| Jehova's Witness |
114897538527344 |
| Jedi |
108069459214854 |
| Mormon |
112325998784231 |
Political view-based
Conservatives that like
Page A
Socialists that live near-by
Liberals that like Page A
Conservative friends of
Person A
Islamists in Town
A
Search for other political party codes
Employees
People who live in Town A and work for
Company B
People named XXX who live
in Town A and work for Company B
Employers
Employers of people who like
Page A & Page B
Employers in Town A
Town A Employers of people who
like Page X
Employers of people named Tim who live
Town A
Employers of Person A
Professions
Lawyers who have worked for the
Company A
Doctors who previously worked for the
Company A
Soldiers currently with the
Company A who like Page X
Teachers that live near
Town A
Single, female miners that live in
Town A
Actors named Tony
Other profession codes
| Police officers |
109396455744864 |
| Investigators |
143544082337251 |
| Accountants |
112926212054966 |
| Managers |
112892498724794 |
| CEO's |
112032368815466 |
| Treasurers |
112732928742174 |
| Administrators |
143418082353057 |
| Teachers |
108464855840777 |
| Trainers |
107738079249033 |
| Architects |
108031252558282 |
| Civil engineers |
131461013563090 |
| Nurses |
113599041983855 |
| Social workers |
103114063062534 |
| Dentists |
119880341359563 |
| Optometrists |
112544782094996 |
| Models |
106216656075289 |
| Librarians |
112282248788333 |
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Or try other codes that might fit |
For other customised
Graph searches see
Graph.tips
and
1telligence
Hat-tip to
Henk Van Ess
who has worked with me on a lot of this stuff.
*Regarding
the use of the word "like" on Facebook and on this page.
There is no suggestion that this represents an
endorsement or support of extremism.
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