Past_Trouble t1_iueiqdb wrote on October 30, 2022 at 6:50 PM

Don't most people that care about stuff like this have some sort of social media reminder?

murghph t1_iueng8u wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:21 PM

no, a good deal of the population were raised pre social media so don't live on those platforms and likely have notifications turned off for those things

Past_Trouble t1_iuenlsu wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:22 PM

I'm older than social media...

murghph t1_iuenswj wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:23 PM

Samesies, wasn't meaning you specifically, but most of my network have notifications turned off for all socials with at least 30% having fully deleted their FB pages.

nysraved t1_iueuf2u wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:06 PM

This is one of the main reasons I deactivated my Facebook lol, I DON’T care about this stuff so I always hated the awkward birthday posts from people I haven’t seen in years and will likely never see in person again. Even when I hid my birthday from being public, I’d still have some family who knew and would post on my wall anyways, which then remind others and lead to these obligatory posts.

cantstopgetitgetit t1_iuez6ux wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:38 PM

I put important birthdays in my calendar so I never forget

Cobaltplasma t1_iuf0y13 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:50 PM

Yeah I think that’s what most folks do now, that’s how a majority of my friends and family manage birthdays, through reminders on Facebook. That said, I think it’s a vapid, empty gesture and if someone knows me enough to know when my birthday is then they’ll know it without FB informing them, which is why I removed my birthday from my profile.