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by melvinmt 5036 days ago
> all you have to do is type “facebook report” into the standard Wolfram|Alpha website.

.. and connect with your Facebook account, grant extended permissions, signup for a Wolfram account, go to your mail inbox, validate your Wolfram ID, hit a dead end, sign into Wolfram with your Wolfram account, type "facebook report" in the searchbox again, wait 10 minutes for the page to load and finally.. get to see the report (which is nice by the way).

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I also had to switch from Chrome to Firefox to get it to work (in addition to all of the above).
I also had to switch to Firefox (after seeing your post here). I tried with Chrome for hours before seeing this, switching, and it worked right away.
You forgot "reactivate FB account" as step one. Although I'm considering doing that to check this out - it looks very cool.
Yes, and "get an internet connection" as step 0. And "have a working computer" as step -1. etc...

I guess I think it's fair to claim its a simple process by assuming you have a login with Wolfram Alpha and Facebook.

I can't even sign in, it's just a blank dialog box.
Mine was a three click process, I was already signed in to Facebook. Go to app (Facebook), Allow access, Create account. Done!
This is what I thought. Load times were brutal. But I do love Wolfram Alpha.
Heh, my experience exactly.
>.. and connect with your Facebook account, grant extended permissions, signup for a Wolfram account, go to your mail inbox, validate your Wolfram ID, hit a dead end, sign into Wolfram with your Wolfram account, type "facebook report" in the searchbox again, wait 10 minutes for the page to load and finally.. get to see the report (which is nice by the way).

I just had to type “facebook report”, connect with my Facebook account, grant extended permissions, signup for a Wolfram account and then wait for the report to load.

The rest you don't have to do (go to your mail inbox and validate the Wolfram ID). Actually, I haven't YET validated the Wolfram ID I got in the mail. It let's you login and use it without validating.