🕵️♂️ Social Media First Post Finder
Intro
Finding a user’s first post on social media can be surprisingly difficult — but it’s valuable for digital history, research, or even just for fun. These tools aim to solve that problem by finding the first post on Instagram and Facebook.
📌 What is it?
InstaFirst and FBookFirst are lightweight tools designed to help you discover the very first post made by a user on Instagram or Facebook, simply by entering their username or profile link.
🧰 Technologies Used
- Python (Scraping logic)
- Flask (Web server)
- HTML/CSS (User interface)
- JavaScript (Interactive UI components)
- Facebook & Instagram query parameter parsing
📚 What Can You Learn?
How social media URL structures work
Basic scraping limitations and techniques
Building minimal web apps with Flask
Simple UI/UX development
Awareness of ethical considerations in public data usage
❓ Why I Built It
Scrolling endlessly to find a first post is tedious and inefficient. I built these tools to automate that process, making it easier for content creators, digital historians, or curious users. Plus, it was a great way to deepen my understanding of scraping logic and platform constraints.
🔗 GitHub Repositories
by Muhammet Ali AKBAK
