A few weeks ago, one of the newsroom interns tallied the number of people who had wished him a happy birthday, breaking it down by medium. He had gotten phone calls, Tweets and e-mails, but the largest number of well wishes came from Facebook.
With that in mind, I kept a chart on my birthday last week to see if that trend would hold true for me. It did, and probably holds true for you, too. I have some theories as to why this is: Facebook reminds you of upcoming birthdays, and tells you when your friends have written on the walls of mutual friends for their birthdays. Regardless of why, it was much appreciated.
Ha! Pretty awesome, dude. And I hope your birthday was a great one!
Oh, and yeah: I see that “1” under blog posts! 🙂
On the other hand, not making your birthday public on Facebook shows who your real friends are. =)
I forgot to include messenger pigeon and ghostly apparition.
I notice you didn’t chart ‘ponies received’. You did get my package, right? I made sure the seal was airtight to guarantee optimum freshness. Hope you enjoy it!