Tizeye Posted January 13, 2020 Share #1 Posted January 13, 2020 What's with these mindless notifications telling you to wish somebody "Happy Birthday." I always ignore them rather than be part of the horde of friends responding. Today takes the cake though. I was invited to wish a friend "Happy Birthday" who has been dead for a couple of years. Which is worse...unfriending a friend who is deceased (but may still have some updates from surviving family logging onto his account) or really appearing as an uninformed dork and wish them a happy birthday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted January 13, 2020 Share #2 Posted January 13, 2020 You’d think those eggheads would have solutioned that issue by now. I turned off my birthday on faceybook because I didn’t want all the birthday wishes from people who never contact me during the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted January 13, 2020 Share #3 Posted January 13, 2020 They have away to convert the facebook page to a memorial page. So yes, there is answer but someone has to contact FB and get it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 13, 2020 Share #4 Posted January 13, 2020 My wife and I had a friend who passed away eight years ago. She always gets a bunch of happy birthday wishes on her birthday. Must be from her really close friends, don’t even know she is dead and hasn’t posted in eight years. My cousin died a year ago. His last days he was confused and couldn’t remember his password so he opened a new FB account and sent me a friend request. I didn’t accept it because I wasn’t sure it wasn’t a clone. He passed away shortly after. I still have the request, should I accept it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted January 13, 2020 Share #5 Posted January 13, 2020 I know you can tweak, the notification settings somewhat. Don't know if you can turn off other birthdays or not. I typically only friend people I'm ok having in my house so I am fine sending a happy birthday or 2 most days. The dead friend thing is tough. Mom chose to delete Dad's account, but they required a copy of the death certificate to do so. When my cousin died of cancer, her sisters chose to keep the account active so they can send memorial messages on her birthday or days when they are really missing her. I even posted there a couple times because she was pretty special. I cleaned out my friends list a while back of people who were casual acquaintances who had moved on or passed away. I left a couple active because their families were keeping the site updated. They asked people to share their memories of the friend. Do what works. If it doesn't work for you, do something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 13, 2020 Share #6 Posted January 13, 2020 It's simple. Only womaxx and my two sons are friends. This seriously cuts back on the unnecessary messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 13, 2020 Share #7 Posted January 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: It's simple. Only womaxx and my two sons are friends. This seriously cuts back on the unnecessary messages. Do you wish them happy birthday on Facebook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted January 13, 2020 Share #8 Posted January 13, 2020 I don't like ANY reminders, notices, etc. that pop up on the internet when I don't have that site's webpage open in a tab except for timer reminders I've set up to remind me of doctor's appointments, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted January 13, 2020 Share #9 Posted January 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Do you wish them happy birthday on Facebook? Of course! saves having to buy a card 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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