Say Happy Birthday on Facebook with a Video
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But now Facebook are making it so you can send birthday wishes that are a little more personal. When someone opens up a box to write on your wall, they'll see a little banner encouraging them to send you a birthday video. It can only be 15 seconds long but there are a few different birthday overlays and rather than lumping all the videos into one, you can view each separately. It doesn't seem likely that every single one of your friends is going to send you a birthday video at first so even if they are just saying happy birthday, it'll at least stand out as being a little more special now.
That is only for now though. There are going to be people who will send videos like they send general birthday wishes, just because Facebook tells them that it's your birthday and they should. Admittedly it's a little less likely that they'll want to put the effort in if they don't care about you but if it becomes a trend then they might want to at least try it out. Gimmicks like this spread fast and video messages could quickly grow as annoying and stale as the current birthday messages if they're overdone.
They shouldn't be overtaking your news feeds just yet though as the feature is currently only available on iOS devices. They'll be rolling it out to Android users as well within the next few months but there is no exact date. No matter what type of phone you have I'm sure you'll be able to send your friends embarrassing birthday videos very soon.
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Say Happy Birthday on Facebook with a Video
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