Facebook to Users: Say Thanks for Birthday Wishes

Facebook has come up with several ways to remind users about their friends’ birthdays, and the social network is now reminding those friends to say thank you.

Facebook has come up with several ways to remind users about their friends’ birthdays, and the social network is now reminding those friends to say thank you.

Facebook users are seeing the following message in their status update composers on the day after their birthdays:

We hope you had a great birthday! Want to thank your friends for their birthday wishes? Add to a new post.

WeHopeYouHadAGreatBirthday

Clicking on “add to a new post” brings up a blank status update already populated with “feeling thankful.”

FeelingThankful

Readers with recent birthdays: Have you seen this?

“Thank you” image courtesy of Shutterstock.

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