I still use Facebook a few times a week because it does still have some utility to me, but I stopped wishing anyone happy birthday on there as soon as the feature was realized by the masses. What's one more wish among the hundreds who robotically do so at the press of a button. I don't mean to disparage them, though. Just that it's crossed the bridge of _too_ impersonal to be effective.
The reminder can still be useful though. Once in a while I'll see a reminder for a birthday of someone I would genuinely like to reach out to, and I'll call or text or email them. I still have calendar reminders for birthdays from before all of this when I was meticulously curating my own contact list with birthdays, but Facebook's birthday list is more complete than my old calendar, especially for my younger friends / relatives.
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I still use Facebook a few times a week because it does still have some utility to me, but I stopped wishing anyone happy birthday on there as soon as the feature was realized by the masses. What's one more wish among the hundreds who robotically do so at the press of a button. I don't mean to disparage them, though. Just that it's crossed the bridge of _too_ impersonal to be effective.
The reminder can still be useful though. Once in a while I'll see a reminder for a birthday of someone I would genuinely like to reach out to, and I'll call or text or email them. I still have calendar reminders for birthdays from before all of this when I was meticulously curating my own contact list with birthdays, but Facebook's birthday list is more complete than my old calendar, especially for my younger friends / relatives.