What do you feel when people congratulate you via facebook wall?
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
Indonesia
May 19, 2011 7:06am CST
Currently it is now very easy to congratulate people via facebook wall. Especially to congratulate them for their birthday. Since facebook has a birthday reminder, that make even people who don't know you very well giving you congratulation for your birthday.
The question is, what do you feel when people congratulate you via facebook wall? For me, it is feel really less special. Before facebook exist, there are less people who congratulate me when i am having a birthday, but at that time, i really feel special because i feel they actually care. I feel that they take the effort to remembering my birthday and they actually giving text message, a call, or even meet me simply for congratulate me. But now, almost every friend that you have in facebook congratulate you. The one who usually giving text message and call, never do that anymore ( but only a few still do ). Now only a few actually take the effort to met me, and they are usually only close friend.
Anyway, what do you feel about this? Please share us your view
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12 responses
@pro_ojha (600)
• India
19 May 11
of course i feel pride, If somebody Wise me my birth day i feel most valuable person that day, it means i grab a lots of people attention. Its a human nature. And I am not an exception
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
21 May 11
Well, i see, do you feel any different getting a direct congratulation from the real person and the one from the facebook wall? Being birthday and all will surely give you a lot of page hit in your facebook wall, it sure bring attention. Thanks for your reply in this discussion.
@allyoftherain (7208)
• United States
19 May 11
I think that anything sent via facebook automatically has less heart than something sent via mail. I'd prefer a birthday card over a "Happy Birthday" post on my facebook any day. But still, I'd really prefer someone take the time to meet me and tell me happy birthday rather than getting a card. I feel like with Facebook, nobody does anything special for someone's birthday anymore. They'll just get some heartless "Happy B-day" on their wall.
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@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
21 May 11
Well yes, i agree with you, it is rally felt less special than a card, a phone call, and especially from meeting the person. I also really like what you said, "They'll just get some heartless "Happy B-day" on their wall" . It is a very good way to put it i think. THanks for your reply here friend.
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@marriedman111399 (1207)
• United States
19 May 11
I dont think it is really personal if someone wishes you a happy birthday or any other congratulations through the facebook because they see other people doing it and they just want to join the crowd and send there congratulations. It is more person and special to me if they call so that I can hear there voice. I like facebook but some things should be done in person or on the phone and not on a computer.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
21 May 11
Well yes, that exactly what i mean. Giving congratulation via facebook it's very easy. Some time, for now a very close friend, i simply copy paste a friend congratulation and paste it in his / her facebook wall. It take me less than 5 second to do that. It feel not personal at all.
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
24 Jul 11
Hi Lordcaocao, When my friends wish me on my birthday or any important event, I feel really happy. As most of my friends are abroad, so their wishes means more important.I would feel really happy!
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 11
Oh good for you. Since you have a lot of friend abroad, that means facebook really help you a lot. Since it will be very expensive to communicate with friend abroad than communicate with friend that are locate in the same country. Anyway, thanks for sharing your thought in this discussion.
@bistro1996 (18)
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20 May 11
yes indeed less wear, long ago before there are facebook my friends and my family used to write a letter to me containing birthday,now it has not become someone sent me a letter,i hopre my friend and my family do not send a message that i cosider spam to my profile facebook again.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
21 May 11
Oh well, did your family member or friend actually ever give you spam? What kind of spam that they give you my friend? Please tell us more about it. And yes, it is fun to get a letter from family member though i don't think now letter is important since there is email. Thanks.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
23 May 11
No i am not chinese, but i do know about Cao Cao. He is historical figure that are really famous in my country. The Novel Romance of Three Kingdom is quite famous here, also The series also has been air here in my country ( the old Three Kingdom series, not the 2010 version ). But i do know the character from Romance Of Three Kingdom games from KOEI.
@yuanyuanpopo (1)
•
22 May 11
lordcaocao,are you chinese???you know caocao is a historical figure in china.
@arnouardian (286)
• United States
21 May 11
your viewpoint about this Facebook birthday congrats reminds me about close friends who used to call and even meet me personally just to say happy birthday. now, it's true that they never did it again since we all have Facebook.
but, generally i feel happier seeing friends (my close friends, included) using Facebook to say happy birthday to me. i feel happier because now I and those close friends all keep contact through Facebook. we comment status updates, pictures, videos, send ridiculous jokes, news, almost everything on Facebook. furthermore, now we live in different parts of the world. so, Facebook really helps us a lot in personal communications. we enjoy it and even feel much closer through Facebook. maybe i will never have personal birthday phone call anymore from my close friends, but actually i already feel that i receive better attention from them through their comments on most things i post on Facebook.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 11
Yes, a global village. That is really a nice way to put it. Thanks for your understanding my friend. And now i am gonna say sorry again for the very late reply. I don't know why, is it because i have too many jobs now or simply because i am lazy, because now i rarely online using mylot. Well anyway, i am active now. Thanks for the reply.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
23 May 11
Well first of all, i am sorry since some how i miss your post so that i late replying this ( i mean you are the 8th post, but i just skip you and reply the 9th post and 10th ).
Well yes, i agree with you, facebook really help people in a way for communicating with other, especially those who are far far away and very hard ( or expensive ) to contact using the regular way. Anyway, thanks for your reply in this discussion my friend.
@arnouardian (286)
• United States
23 May 11
hi lordcaocao,
it' alright. sometimes we just missed something:) yep, Facebook has made this world like a global village.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
27 May 11
Well yes, it is feels okay and it still feel good. Getting congratulation from friend will always make us feel good and special. But i think with a little effort we can make people feel more special in a way of saying congratulation. Thanks for your respond in this discussion.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
21 May 11
I have a Facebook account but neve do anything with it. I have it blocked for messages and replies right now also. I just do not have time to mess with it.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
22 May 11
Oh i see, well it seems you are really busy now seeing you don't do anything to your facebook. You block the message, but do you block the wall massage or status comment? Because if you do that, it will be hard for other people to contact you. Anyway, thanks for your reply my friend.
@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
21 May 11
I know what you're trying say.
You hope friends really remember your birthday. Not thru some FB reminder which will look ungenuine!
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
22 May 11
Well yes, it is kinda like that. Because at the old days, people actually remembering my birthday. Although the amount of people is not that much, but i do appreciate it. But now, even the unknown friend will know your birthday, and it is kinda sad because we don't know people who actually remembering our birthday in their memory. Thanks.
@cora30 (134)
• United States
20 May 11
for me it feels so overwhelming when somebody congratulates me on Facebook because not only you whose going to read it but the whole people that are in your friend list. it does only means to say that people noticed you in your achievement that day or your just simply noticeable..:)
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
21 May 11
Well yes, people will notice our birthday that way. Many people will notice and realize that today is your birthday, and they will congratulate you. But that's all, it really feel less special. But off course, it still a good thing when poeple give you happy birthday, no matter what.
@loveyjohnmark (31)
• Philippines
20 May 11
Indeed it will be overwhelming for me if somebody come to congratulate me in my Facebook wall. It feels so good and i will be glad for that since that person spends time to write on my own wall.
God bless us all.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
21 May 11
Well good for you to feel glad about that. Well at least they take the effort to write it in your facebook wall. Better that than noting at all i guess. Well how do you feel the different of getting a direct congratulation and from facebook? Thanks for your reply my friend.
@ivan123456 (14)
• Indonesia
31 May 11
Certainly glad that many people remember dan say birthday to us. But because friend in facebook we know not all of them, it felt strange when there are stranger conglaratulated us. And surely our friends do not really remember our birthday, if there are no reminder from facebook.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 11
Well, in the old days, many people actually remember my birthday, even at that time there is no facebook. And it feel so great about that. But now, every one seems to know your birth day, and even the unknown can congratulation us if they are on our friend list. Anyway, it still feel good, but not that special like the old time. Thanks for the reply my friend.
