'Happy Birthday!' is dead, and it's all Facebook's fault - The Guardian

July 29, 2015 at 10:33PM:

The Guardian

'Happy Birthday!' is dead, and it's all Facebook's fault The Guardian Facebook's SMS notification allows users to post a birthday wish by replying with '1' – meaning it would be more heartfelt to send 'Wibble!' to your friends. A birthday cake with lit candles. Happy Birthday! This arbitrary date is meaningless – and the ... Facebook is making even 'Happy Birthday' insincereTimes of India Your step by step guide to setting up fuss free birthday wishes through FacebookMirror.co.uk Facebook reduces birthday wishes to a heartless one-digit textEngadget Her.ie -Yahoo News UK -Businessinsider India all 11 news articles »

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