fetlikes.lol

$ls -l fetlikes.txt
4503324249 Aug 6 19:25 fetlikes.txt

What sorcery could this be ?!

Well... four and a half gigabytes' worth of it, am I rite.

$wc -l fetlikes.txt
4754950 fetlikes.txt

So the average line's a kilobyte... the hell's in there ?!

Let's see a sampler.

$ cat fetlikes.txt | sed -n 3777777,3777790p
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{"total":2,"is_liked_by_user":false,"user_can_like":true,"likes":[{"avatar_url":"https://pic2.fetlife.com/4876/4876958/00053d45-3095-17b5-77ff-879c3183476d_35.jpg?token=1533372300_ff1b63cfc56aa0c710432a9d1cee8b6cfc978a8b6c1095b7b52cfc0849162795","profile_url":"/users/4876958","nickname":"AshClawWolf","user_id":4876958},{"avatar_url":"https://pic1.fetlife.com/3410/3410299/00050a51-3190-0857-5668-158670395df9_35.jpg?token=1533372300_a1ae4e65b490ac2772ad7c52f00abb7c3b1ddd6a2bbd19362d421e61a9855da2","profile_url":"/users/3410299","nickname":"Ravens_Risk","user_id":3410299}]}------
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{"total":12,"is_liked_by_user":false,"user_can_like":true,"likes":[{"avatar_url":"https://pic2.fetlife.com/96/96108/1ce4c110c7a4194eaf800f5e4838c7b4_20090217085025_35.jpg?token=1533337817_90e0fd4c066997e0c54e849b91ca81292e45049c42eb4f411e94b561226c4ad3","profile_url":"/users/96108","nickname":"SirSterling","user_id":96108},{"avatar_url":"https://pic0.fetlife.com/8762/8762149/00056f71-8e4b-5c1e-1a89-b63253c4607d_35.jpg?token=1533337817_27535c68b1f812b1db72ab5246e77ab91d6742e7ac8d465bdc3a10def833dd5f","profile_url":"/users/8762149","nickname":"Hotcouple993","user_id":8762149},{"avatar_url":"https://pic1.fetlife.com/4283/4283764/00053efd-543a-6cc1-fac2-ebe59ae29b38_35.jpg?token=1533337817_6b6cc0bed8f935587464b18eac99fda55d8594a581a693887192c945f44dc30d","profile_url":"/users/4283764","nickname":"JjohnBoy","user_id":4283764},{"avatar_url":"https://pic1.fetlife.com/4110/4110480/00056742-0531-f1c8-6214-cfa5caab4570_35.jpg?token=1533337817_5e05381131356ed51b6a4c726b02e5861cbf2ad741266bf8013e3308d34b0874","profile_url":"/users/4110480","nickname":"goldbeets","user_id":4110480},{"avatar_url":"https://pic2.fetlife.com/4490/4490155/00055fcd-7189-651b-52e6-9b03b97dc43d_35.jpg?token=1533337817_0abae07698b2e8980d5eeae1f582252d8588c22b3e8f2319301fd1e8c8e992ae","profile_url":"/users/4490155","nickname":"kendra_sub","user_id":4490155},{"avatar_url":"https://pic2.fetlife.com/7686/7686512/000569d4-f24d-45c5-2715-7e2008088a8c_35.jpg?token=1533337817_8012cf6853f29ab4339c8c4cbcfe2bf0a8bcd44a4f3cf0361f89a825ab8c003b","profile_url":"/users/7686512","nickname":"Bam_foxy10","user_id":7686512},{"avatar_url":"https://pic2.fetlife.com/3463/3463412/00056f09-0c88-14a2-bc84-40e8b0597936_35.jpg?token=1533337817_4ecf0e52ad3d4fc2d5c841a00ccd9b1009411e8624abe20274ef122f993c6a78","profile_url":"/users/3463412","nickname":"TheLoveSquid","user_id":3463412},{"avatar_url":"https://pic1.fetlife.com/6389/6389833/00053985-68d1-f334-edef-3b5b259b0962_35.jpg?token=1533337817_5c2a0876d57db50fb3d8edd20bf4bac6b4167e8fda377e95dae0c1fcad873ff6","profile_url":"/users/6389833","nickname":"PlanetA","user_id":6389833},{"avatar_url":"https://pic0.fetlife.com/719/719388/0004c96f-d706-8564-a27c-693c79193336_35.jpg?token=1533337817_dedaa798d1c193261819067521b56368ae5a547cea5fa0fe40447fb8d90173c4","profile_url":"/users/719388","nickname":"ShareAndWatch","user_id":719388},{"avatar_url":"https://pic1.fetlife.com/5439/5439970/00056998-8575-a8f0-1007-8766a127bff4_35.jpg?token=1533337817_5a3b541fc94c1d95ac220d2f56d498ce1a0c199b72973d5c4065384c591c905c","profile_url":"/users/5439970","nickname":"HarleyQ420","user_id":5439970},{"avatar_url":"https://pic2.fetlife.com/1856/1856772/00054b9b-33a3-920c-d193-c177eb58b0d3_35.jpg?token=1533337817_dc8254795171dfbdfb66e748b62a5b7a7b99389d282be2c26f3e557d756627e7","profile_url":"/users/1856772","nickname":"teammenyou","user_id":1856772},{"avatar_url":"https://pic2.fetlife.com/801/801235/0004b737-5179-ad5b-a701-4c71d0b43841_35.jpg?token=1533337817_c794df708f7970b0c37c6adc61c1a3406a34aa7ace68e2f0a33224a023974ae5","profile_url":"/users/801235","nickname":"str72a","user_id":801235}]}------
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{"total":3,"is_liked_by_user":false,"user_can_like":true,"likes":[{"avatar_url":"https://pic0.fetlife.com/28/28526/00056f93-341d-3d80-9429-2bdf0375c214_35.jpg?token=1533372303_dedea94dfc2427fdb244346f3e49b6d54c61472269d6836c4699d8caed7c78db","profile_url":"/users/28526","nickname":"DeviantAngel","user_id":28526},{"avatar_url":"https://pic0.fetlife.com/5291/5291763/0005723c-213f-d72d-75bc-0d5a8931f8de_35.jpg?token=1533372303_e391a1c61758e1ac13a13b69c8d1a0c1bea1396653df97d25fa21d5847287422","profile_url":"/users/5291763","nickname":"_PrincessKx","user_id":5291763},{"avatar_url":"https://pic2.fetlife.com/4309/4309325/00056a8e-15fb-4044-2b8b-9e45d2b2584b_35.jpg?token=1533372303_167df41fad54ef8c199b4780edd17e3e6343fdde0ce0749efd7dff2ea00aecea","profile_url":"/users/4309325","nickname":"Apparrliss","user_id":4309325}]}------
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{"total":0,"is_liked_by_user":false,"user_can_like":true,"likes":[]}------
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You've... got it. Yep, they leak the entire essay database, including the names of people who "liked" the nonsensical bullshit. How about that!

So... let's do some statistical processing, while here ?

$cat fetlikes.txt | grep -Po '"nickname":.*?[^\\]",' | | sort | uniq -c | sort -n > fetlusrs.txt
$wc -l fetlusrs.txt
510885 fetlusrs.txt

Maybe not exactly "500k users a month" or whatever fakerisms, yes ? In the whole decade of existence, fetlife had a total of a half million distinct handles to ever push a like button.

Let's look into this though!

$tail fetlusrs.txt
9842 "nickname":"urwordsmith",
10018 "nickname":"MS_TAU",
10601 "nickname":"Eruditelustygent",
10643 "nickname":"HerCarnalSins",
10721 "nickname":"Curvehunter801",
11484 "nickname":"SamColeridge",
16371 "nickname":"AshleyLamb",
22330 "nickname":"Lord_Tamhas",
32267 "nickname":"J3wel",
47857 "nickname":"Aces87",

The Aces87 dood was already standing out as a user of numerical methods, so I guess this confirms that. Anyway, if you're looking to hire some kids with either patience or middling browser automation skills, there's a list for you.

Meanwhile, further up in the pile,

$cat fetlusrs.txt | sed -n 2345,2366p
1 "nickname":"-Acer-",
1 "nickname":"acer12",
1 "nickname":"Aceros",
1 "nickname":"acertaint",
1 "nickname":"Acerty",
1 "nickname":"Aces31337",
1 "nickname":"Aces_and_Roses",
1 "nickname":"Ace-says-hi",
1 "nickname":"Acesexy",
1 "nickname":"aceshigh87",
1 "nickname":"AceSkullington",
1 "nickname":"aceslow",
1 "nickname":"AceSpanks",
1 "nickname":"acesup24",
1 "nickname":"Aces_wild",
1 "nickname":"AceTheWorld",
1 "nickname":"Acetoes",
1 "nickname":"Ace_TX",
1 "nickname":"acewd38",
1 "nickname":"AceyAsem",
1 "nickname":"Acey_Deucey",
1 "nickname":"Achandler76",

As you might've perhaps expected.

Anyway, I could build their WoT, do gender balancing, whatever. I could even read a buncha people's journal entries -- and then be surprised at how fucking banal "personal" scribblings actually are.

And other things.