Comments on: The Facebook Birthday Message: What Does it Mean? http://collegecandy.com/2007/10/15/the-facebook-birthday-message-what-does-it-really-mean/ Advice on student style, collegiate dating discussion guides, relationship advice and women's studies. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:53:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: lucy http://collegecandy.com/2007/10/15/the-facebook-birthday-message-what-does-it-really-mean/#comment-75420 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:57:20 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/reality/5736#comment-75420 I agree!!! Those Facebook birthday wishes are so superficial!! And I bet most people do just write them because they feel obliged to – I know when I used to engage in the behaviour of posting them to everyone, it would be like "*sigh* another "friend" requiring birthday wishes" and I'd quickly post something just to alleviate guilt.

I already have my birthday hidden from Facebook for that reason :) – to see who actually remembers! It's quite likely that no one on Facebook will remember haha.

]]> By: Loz http://collegecandy.com/2007/10/15/the-facebook-birthday-message-what-does-it-really-mean/#comment-69878 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:32:05 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/reality/5736#comment-69878 i think this is a rediculous idea. I have trouble enough remembering when my families birthdays are, let alone every one of my friends, but it doesnt mean i don't care about them! to be sending a card to every friend you have on facebook each time its their birthday is rediculous, epecially if you dont have a lot of time on your hands. I think of the facbook birthday thing as a digital calendar, much like one that you hang on your wall, is cheating to have one of those as well???

]]> By: Kinmond http://collegecandy.com/2007/10/15/the-facebook-birthday-message-what-does-it-really-mean/#comment-47120 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:23:49 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/reality/5736#comment-47120 i understand what you are saying but when a person has as many friends as most people on facebook do, it is impossible to remember when each persons birthday is.

]]> By: Jesse http://collegecandy.com/2007/10/15/the-facebook-birthday-message-what-does-it-really-mean/#comment-10183 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:22:12 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/reality/5736#comment-10183 I completely agree. Maybe we should remove our birthdays. I think I will. Haha.

]]> By: L http://collegecandy.com/2007/10/15/the-facebook-birthday-message-what-does-it-really-mean/#comment-10181 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:12:03 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/reality/5736#comment-10181 hmm… i kind of think some/ a lot people are bad at remembering birthdays, especially during the school year and you’re busy with a million other things. i would advise against this course of action. haha :)

]]> By: Casey http://collegecandy.com/2007/10/15/the-facebook-birthday-message-what-does-it-really-mean/#comment-10182 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:58:19 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/reality/5736#comment-10182 I agree with L. I have my close group of friends and even some acquaintances that remember my birthday every year, but I don't expect everyone on my Facebook friends list to remember my birthday. It's nice that people you rarely if ever talk to make at least that little effort to leave you a birthday wish. There's at least one birthday a day on my Facebook homepage and I know I'm not going to take the effort to send a card or make a phone call every day of the year, or remember hundreds of birthdays of people I've met maybe once or twice and only say hi to every now and again, so I don't expect anyone to do that either. I'm completely satisfied with my barrage of superficial "Happy Birthday's".

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