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A '''<dfn>birthday</dfn>''' is the date when someone is born, however in the context of the indieweb, it is a feature displayed on some silos' user profiles that you can (or must) enter, and some prominently present to your [[friends]] on the month and day of your birthday, like [[Facebook]]'s "BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK" feature at the top of their [[events]] page.
A '''<dfn>birthday</dfn>''' is the date when someone is born, however in the context of the indieweb, it is a feature displayed on some silos' user profiles that you can (or must) enter, and some prominently present to your [[friends]] on the month and day of your birthday, like [[Facebook]]'s "BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK" feature at the top of their [[events]] page.


== IndieWeb Examples ==
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* {{acegiak}}
* ...
== Silo Examples ==
=== Facebook ===
[[Facebook]] has had a birthday field in user profiles since pretty close to the beginning, including separate privacy levels for the date (day & month) and year:
http://zegnat.net/IWC/screenshot-facebook-basicinformation-birthday.png
=== Twitter ===
[[Twitter]] [https://blog.twitter.com/2015/hbd-celebrate-your-birthday-on-twitter as of 2015-07-06] has a birthday field in your profile visible just below your "joined" date:
[https://blog.twitter.com/2015/hbd-celebrate-your-birthday-on-twitter https://g.twimg.com/blog/blog/image/Kevin_Hart_Bday_.png]
with various privacy levels for the "Year":
[https://blog.twitter.com/2015/hbd-celebrate-your-birthday-on-twitter https://g.twimg.com/blog/blog/image/b-day_settings.png]
Year dropdown privacy menu options:
* Public
* My Followers
* People I Follow
* We follow each other
* Only me
== Criticism ==
Birthdays are often used by social networks to create spurious notifications - see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JAYEvvjXqU Friendster's line in this video]
== See Also ==
== See Also ==
* [[Facebook]]
* [[homepage]]

Revision as of 07:20, 7 July 2015


🎂

A birthday is the date when someone is born, however in the context of the indieweb, it is a feature displayed on some silos' user profiles that you can (or must) enter, and some prominently present to your friends on the month and day of your birthday, like Facebook's "BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK" feature at the top of their events page.

IndieWeb Examples

Silo Examples

Facebook

Facebook has had a birthday field in user profiles since pretty close to the beginning, including separate privacy levels for the date (day & month) and year:

screenshot-facebook-basicinformation-birthday.png

Twitter

Twitter as of 2015-07-06 has a birthday field in your profile visible just below your "joined" date:

Kevin_Hart_Bday_.png

with various privacy levels for the "Year":

b-day_settings.png

Year dropdown privacy menu options:

  • Public
  • My Followers
  • People I Follow
  • We follow each other
  • Only me

Criticism

Birthdays are often used by social networks to create spurious notifications - see Friendster's line in this video

See Also