Vatsvakurudzi scraped mudzidzi mashoko kubva Facebook, zvibatanidzwe paro zvinyorwa yunivhesiti, akashandisa izvi zvibatanidzwe mashoko yokutsvakurudza, uye ipapo atoripawo nevamwe vatsvakurudzi.
Kutanga muna 2006, gore roga roga chikwata mapurofesa nokutsvakurudza vabatsiri scraped ari Facebook Profiles nhengo dzose Kirasi 2009 pane "siyana voga kukoreji muna Northeastern US" Izvi Data longitudinal kubva Facebook pamusoro ushamwari uye netsika zvadzinofarira akanga akabatanidzwa date yekoreji aiva pamusoro vadzidzi 'dzinogarwa dorms uye kwomudzidzi majors. Izvi zvibatanidzwe date aimiririra pane zvinokosha nokuti vanotsvakurudza, uye zvikanzi akashandisa kusika ruzivo idzva pamusoro nyaya dzakadai sei network chimiro (Wimmer and Lewis 2010) uye kuti network uye maitiro co-ichishanduka (Lewis, Gonzalez, and Kaufman 2012) . Kuwedzera kushandisa mashoko nokuda kwavo basa pachavo, zvakabikwa, Ties, uye Time tsvakurudzo chikwata akaita data available vamwe nevaongorori, pashure kutora mamwe matanho kuti vadzivirire vadzidzi 'zvakavanzika uye maererano zvido National Science Foundation ( iyo mari kudzidzwa) (Lewis et al. 2008) .
Zvinosuruvarisa chete mazuva mushure Data dzakaitwa, dzimwe vaongorori zviripo vaziva kuti chikoro mubvunzo waiva Harvard College (Zimmer 2010) . The Ravirai, Ties, uye Time vatsvakurudzi vaipomerwa ane "kukundikana kuomerera chemufungo pakutsvakurudza mitemo" (Zimmer 2010) muchidimbu nokuti vadzidzi vakanga vasina akapa omuzvarirwo (matanho ose akaongororwa uye aifarirwa Harvard kuti IRB uye Facebook). Kuwedzera paunotsoropodzwa kubva renyanzvi, mumapepanhau akazviratidza aine misoro yakadai sokuti "Harvard Vanotsvakurudza achipomerwa nokudziurira Students 'Privacy" (Parry 2011) . Pakupedzisira, dataset akabviswa Indaneti, uye ikozvino haikwanise kushandiswa nevamwe vatsvakurudzi.