|| The Sound Faction (dot com) ||

Facebook. I enjoy it, I do, in fact, it's one of the easiest ways for people to get in touch with me (I have this thing against phones...), but there's a few things about it that bother me. But, seeing as I have a particular focus for this rant... well, I'll save all those other things for another day.

Facebook has this little habit of broadcasting your birthday to everyone who happens to be on your friend list... now, why is that a bad thing, right? How is that rant worthy?

How many people actually know everyone on their friend list? Know to the point where they actually still talk to that person regularly? Yeah, not that many of us. But it happens to be your birthday, and hell, everyone comes out of the woodwork? Remember that girl that you hated and took your sandbox time back in Sr. Kindergarten? No? Well, she doesn't remember you either, not really, but she added you two years ago and, the only thing she's said to you thus far,

"Happy Birthday!"

Now call me rude, but I am not one of these people that makes the birthday rounds. If I know, and talk to the person? Of course I'll wish them a happy birthday! But if I look over and my Facebook homepage tells me who's birthdays are that day, and I don't talk to them regularly? No! I'm not going to go tell them happy birthday.

And to the people who respond with a generic thank you message to everyone who tells them happy birthday? That's... sort of lame. I understand the time consumption, but still.

I used my birthday to start conversations. Why not?

"Hey! Thanks, how've you been? I haven't heard from you in awhile...!"

Oh, and if you ever expected me to say happy birthday and I didn't?

Sorry. Uh... let's just say I was busy and not on Facebook that day. Yeah...