The birthdays thing

[WarpedWartWars]

Who actually pays attention to the birthdays thing at the bottom of the index page, other than me sometimes?

Also, what is it actually called?

[Vilike]

*checks index*
Happy birthday!

It may be that not that many users advertise this particular data point about themselves on their profile. I don't remember ever seeing a notification on the "birthdays thing" on this board.
(but on another forum I used to frequent, people actively used that feature)

[Raphael]

My birthday isn't shown here when it happens, because I prefer people on the internet not to know the exact date.

[Ryan of Tinellb]

I still get a happy birthday email every year from the fiveminute.net forums. I haven’t posted there in decades.

[doctor shark]

My birthday isn't shown here when it happens, because I prefer people on the internet not to know the exact date.

Mine's a bit public knowledge because of my Ph.D. thesis: in Luxembourg, the cover pages for theses include date (and place!) of birth, and the theses are (generally) publicly accessible. (Mine went public about a year after my defense.)

[Travis B.]

I prefer to not make my date of birth publicly available if I can help it, because so many things use it as a (very weak) form of authentication, often along with one's address (which is publicly available).

[Ares Land]

I'm similarly paranoid and never leave my birthdate anywhere.

So I get unexpected 'happy birthday' emails about six or seven times a year!

In any case, happy birthday! (belated)

[Jonlang]

As I couldn't remember what I had done when I signed up, I have entered my birthday and month but not the year. I don't know if it would still appear in the birthdays thing on the front page.