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For someone not really familiar with the FB API, is it possible to get a list of all people in a certain city, or are data mining techniques necessary?

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It is possible: https://www.facebook.com/search/114952118516947/residents/pr...

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Not really. Facebook rate-limits all requests. You would need a huge botnet to collect hundreds of millions of photos.

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