I have a friend who passed away many years ago. We are still Facebook friends. Many of her Facebook friends still wish her happy birthday every year. I just cannot think how sad that must be for the husband.

I've removed my birthday from Facebook for this reason. I know people have the best of intentions but I really do not want to reply to a bunch of messages wishing me well. It is just plain awkward and an unpleasant activity.

Not to mention it's not even a book, it's a website.

I can never understand the FB “friend” bugbear. It’s just a name for a relation. It has no implied connection to how people relate elsewhere. Calling it “acquaintance” would be more accurate if you really insist on such a connection. But that isn’t exactly catchy: “I sent you an acquaint request on FB”; “let me just post this question to my FB acquaintances”

Can we have one thread without bashing facebook? It’s incredibly off topic.