So, I don't have THAT many friends on FB, only 78, but I though it was an average amount, although year after year, on my birthday, I get less and less BDay wishes. Last year I got 4, this year I have 1, yes, only 1! WTH? I know I shouldn't care, but, honestly, it does get to me a little (obviously I'm venting about it here). I take the time and write HB on other's walls...anyway, it's just kind of a bummer. Does this happen to anyone else?
Yeah, I don't have my Bday "showing" in my profile(but it's there), so that is probably it, and I wondered about that, but thought it was weird that SOME people, that I know for sure, don't know my date of birth, acknowledged my BD, but that was last year, I thought maybe some could see it and others couldn't. This year the only one that did acknowledge was a very good friend, and she knows the date (2 days before hers). Anyway, I did just post a little something about my day and have gotten BD wishes already. I know, lame, but it does make me feel better!! And thanks to all of you who have responded, and wished me a happy birthday!!! :))))
And I did change the setting to show my month and year(around 5pm), and did receive some wishes after that. And here I was thinking nobody cared, yeesh am I lame or what? LOL... Thanks everyone :)
I never wish anyone Happy Birthday on facebook. I'm afraid they'll think I only remember their birthday, because facebook told me.
It's the new setup.
I've missed more people's bdays this year with Timeline!!!
Last year was bad, as well. Again, it was when they changed the format.
My birthday doesn't even show. I try to remember to write a happy birthday, but if the quality of my friendships is determined by how much time people spend on FB....I'd much rather get a card or a visit or a phone call.
Easy fix - Don't allow Facebook to deem your worthiness - or just do not facebook at all and pick up a phone.
Are you sure it is showing on your profile? One year I didn't get any well wishes and that was the reason why. Also I agree with the other post-ers, if you aren't on FB much or the people on your friends list aren't on much, that is more likely the reason than anything else. Try not to let it get to you, although I know that is hard! Happy Birthday, btw!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! (o:
Are you really active on FB? If not, your posts will not be prioritized on some people's pages.
Are your friends really active on there?
I have a lot of friends on there, that are hardly actually active.
They only use it very sparingly or not at all.
I also have noticed some Saturdays and most of Sunday, there are not nearly as many people on my FB pages. People are spending time with family.
I also do really try to send out HB but sometimes, I have missed them, if I skip a day or 2 on there.
Maybe mention what you are doing for your birthday and see if some people wake up.
Have you tightened up your profile? Could also be your private info is not going out there for all of your friends to see.
BTW- Happy Birthday!
I took my birthdate off my FB profile. I don't need to hear birthday greetings from everyone on my list. I celebrated very nicely for my 50th by taking my daughter on our first vacation together to Mexico (she's 9) for our birthdays (4 days apart). My close friends threw me a nice party with gifts. I told all my friends they can wait another 50 to give me another party!!
Like the others said, if you have your birthday set to private it won't pop up for the people who don't have your birthday seared into their brains. Immediate family remember, most of the time, but friends and extended family, at least in my experience, will be hard pressed to remember.
Today, it's understandable that you didn't get a lot of well wishes because your birthday landed on a Saturday, and unless your friends list is full of gamers, or other heavy computer users, your list may not have a lot of happy birthdays until later tonight when they get home from whatever activity they had planned for the day, or possibly Monday morning when they check their Facebook at work.
Also, you can always make your status for the day, "It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to!" and see how many people respond with, "It's your birthday? OMG HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" =)
And get away from the computer and do something memorable today. Something you've never done before. Even if it's dig a hole in the middle of your lawn and fill it with water to stomp in the mud. Just so your brain will create a new pathway and you can remember this day as the day you did X. I've realized that as I get older I can't freaking remember what I did on many of my birthdays past the age of 21. They've all started to run together in a largely unmemorable mess.
/EDIT - In response to your so what happened: Every time face book changes its privacy rules and settings you have to go through everything to make sure things are set the way you want them. As people complain more and more about wanting tighter control over their information, things that may have been previously public are now privatized and you have to give your explicit permission to re-publish them had then been public before.
Personally, I feel like traffic on my FB has been dieing down more an more, it's just not as fun as it once was. I think with all the changes they've been doing and everyone getting so upset, a lot of people just don't view FB the same anymore. I personally don't log in as much as I used to because it's boring. I don't have many friends ether and when I do log in and purposely go look people up that used to be really active on FB, it'll show their last post as 3 months ago or longer. I think it's a huge privacy issue too as you literally can post your entire life on there and people are getting nervous about letting that much of themselves hang out in the open. Keep wishing others Happy Birthday if it makes you feel better but I personally wouldn't take it personal that the numbers are dwindling, they've realize FB could get them fired from their job;) Happy Birthday to you!
I always use fb on my phone and have to actually go look to see whose birthday it is today, rather than on the computer where it shows them on the sidebar. So I'm sure I miss a ton of people's birthdays! Only about 20% of my friends wrote on my wall for my birthday last year, all the people who should have already know it was my bday and a few extras, I appreciated all of them. Some people called or texted too, but yes it can be easily missed if your settings are private, they're on a phone, or I'd you don't have other friends writing it for them to see. Happy birthday! :)
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A few years ago I removed my birthday from my FB info. I get far fewer greetings on my BD, but I am quite happy to know that such personal info is not so accessible to the world (identity theft risk).
Happy Birthday to you!!
Oh no, don't take it personal. FB is set up so that your profile is only active on some pages. I actually missed a good friends birthday by relying on the birthday reminder. It has nothing to do with anything. If it pops up, they click happy birthday, it's not that no one wanted to wish you a happy birthday.
Many people also only use their phones now...my phone doesn't show me whose bdays are on that day. So unless I log on using a computer I don't know...but when I do log on a computer and see it I always send some sort of bday wish.
Is your birthday public for your friends to see?
I have my FB set up so my bday will NOT show. I don't like it.
I don't like the added attention and junk in my mailbox plus it is my private day.
I do not have my birthday showing in my profile. I don't expect everyone I am "friends" with to know my birthday but my good friends should and it serves to kind of see how many people are paying attention. I don't take it personally just wanna see if anyone realizes it. Inevitably the same people will ALWAYS wish me a happy birthday and the same people will NEVER wish me a happy birthday. Who cares unless they say it to your face, call you up, or send a card?
I'm not on it enough to keep track of whose birthday it is, honestly. I notice that the people on my list are posting less & less.
If they don't know it's your birthday by seeing it on their home page they may just have forgotten. I have mine on there and Thursday I got over 200 HB wishes. I have FB set to buzz my phone when I get a message or a post on my wall, it felt like I had a stinking vibrator in my purse.....perhaps you can add your birthday on your profile and allow it to post so that you won't feel so forgotten. I know how that feels, I did not get one card or cake or gift from my family. But my FB friends made my day not totally stink.
I don't notice birthdays as much when I go on FB. I think they moved them with the new format and they are not quite as in your face as they were before. I used to give a lot of birthday wishes, now I might go a week before I do, missing many friends' birthdays.
I saw a cartoon floating around FB of a funeral attended by just a few people. The text was something like "I don't understand the low turnout. He had 2,000 Facebook friends."
Facebook is weird now. It doesnt show you everyone's posts and they do not see yours. I went on my daughters the other day to check it and I was shocked that my cousin had posted something and I never got it. So do not get upset.
That is why I don't have my birthdate on FB. I see others getting 30+ HB messages - I get 3-4. I too, always take time to send well wishes on other's birthdays. I have learned that it doesn't matter, but I still don't put my b-day on FB. I do know how you feel!!!!!!
