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by kinsomo 2928 days ago
> Does the api support creating old posts and back dating them?

> FB is really good at hiding old activity and being utterly worthless at searching your feed, so if you can just put all the fake stuff in the past you'd be fine with your real friends.

They allow you to back date, but if you're goal is to avoid annoying your friends, you could use the privacy settings for a similar effect. Just post your garbage as visible to "only me," let it age for a week or two until the algorithm will ignore it, then make it "public," "friends only," or whatever you want.