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It definitely would add to the great "community feeling" we have here, which MacRumors should be proud of. . I'd just say if it's your birthday announce it on in the community section, then you get responses from real, warm, living people. and if you wanted to, you could stick a sword in their guts and watch all that warm blood spurt out everywhere.
jmufellow said:I don't like it. Automated messages are inherently cold. I got one from pokerroom.com the other day for my birthday...I really felt loved
Point well taken...probably not a lot of people will flaunt their own birthday.~Shard~ said:Yes, perhaps I'll just shamelessly plug my birthday on the big day and start my own thread in the Community section instead... I have no shame...
jmufellow said:
mad jew said:I usually try to check the bottom of the forums most days to see who has a birthday but find I miss people quite often. Is there anyway to see who has a birthday and their 'tar so they're more easily recognisable. I'm not saying that we need the 'tars at the bottom of the forum index page, but is there another page where I can view these side-by-side?
Thanks, mad...
johnnyjibbs said:
Applespider said:Exactly... I was v chuffed to get a few birthday PMs from a few members. Made me smile
On the few occasions that I remember to look at the birthdays, there's never anyone there I know. It might be nice, although I'm not sure the functionality is built in, to be able to set reminders for your 'buddy' list birthdays so you were more likely to send a personal message.
Flying Llama said:MacRumors needs an automated Happy Birthday message either as a private message or by E-Mail (or both). It might not sound like much, but hey all the other forums I frequent have it, and it gives a "nicer warmier cozy" feeling. What do y'all think?
(As a side note, it's my birthday today
Kernow said:This seems like the best way to do it. Automated messages can seem a bit cold and 'Happy Birthday' threads are irritating, but if you were reminded of your buddies' birthdays then you could easily send a pm, and people would feel loved.
Flying Llama said:MacRumors needs an automated Happy Birthday message either as a private message or by E-Mail (or both). It might not sound like much, but hey all the other forums I frequent have it, and it gives a "nicer warmier cozy" feeling. What do y'all think?
(As a side note, it's my birthday today
Flying Llama said:MacRumors needs an automated Happy Birthday message either as a private message or by E-Mail (or both). It might not sound like much, but hey all the other forums I frequent have it, and it gives a "nicer warmier cozy" feeling. What do y'all think?
(As a side note, it's my birthday today
See what your idea may cost you?
dernhelm said:Not a PM or E-mail. Perhaps just a small box at the bottom of the front page saying "Birthdays Today", that you could choose to view or not. That said, Happy Birthday - and I'll expect a return in July.
~Shard~ said:Well, we already have that at the bottom of the main Forum page....
Edit: Stupid crappy windows screen capture utility. Blast it, why do I have to use this PC at work, things are so much easier to do on my Mac at home...
dernhelm said:
As you say though something more predominant would assist in visibility. However, I think perhaps the most appropriate place for it, when all is said and done, is where it currently is, on the main Forums page. People just coming to MacRumors for the news, etc., could probably care less in some respects about birthdays, whereas people going through the Forums are probably more interested in that type of thing. 
