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+## Why?
+
+I needed a simple and reliable way to delete Facebook posts. There are
+third-party apps that claim to do this, but they all require handing over your
+credentials, or are unreliable in other ways. Since this uses Selenium, it is
+more reliable, as it uses your real web browser, and it is less likely Facebook
+will block or throttle you.
+
+As for why you would want to do this in the first place. That is up to you.
+Personally I wanted a way to delete most of my content on Facebook without
+deleting my account.
+
 ## How To Use
 
 * Make sure that you have Google Chrome installed and that it is up to date