Happy Facebook Birthday, For The Third Time
Many a Facebook wall has filled up with birthday wishes on the appropriate day, but David Plotz, an editor for Slate, questioned the sincerity behind most of those birthday wishes, so he created three different birthdays in July to see what would happen.
Many a Facebook wall has filled up with birthday wishes on the appropriate day, but David Plotz, an editor for Slate, questioned the sincerity behind most of those birthday wishes, so he created three different birthdays in July to see what would happen.
Plotz, whose actual birthday is Jan. 31, set his birthday to Monday, July 11, on the social network. He then reset it to Monday, July 25, and finally to Thursday, July 28. He found that 119 people wished him a happy birthday July 11, followed by 105 July 25, with only nine of those 105 noticing the fact that it marked his second birthday in two weeks.
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