Oh fuck off Meta

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gjoel@programming.dev · 49 pts · 255d (16 replies)

See this as an opportunity to pick a birthday you really want.

user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 30 pts · 255d (11 replies)

I wonder if there are spikes at 1980-01-01, 1990-01-01 and 2000-01-01.

ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 255d (2 replies)

1970-01-01

Lembot_0006@programming.dev · 11 pts · 255d

Hello, UNIX.

Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 255d

What if it's my real birthday? Who will believe me.

snooggums@piefed.world · 12 pts · 255d

1969-04-20

TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 255d (1 reply)

I mean I know 1/1 is a very popular “birthday” for cultures that don’t actually celebrate but people are asked to pick one.

Hegar@fedia.io · 4 pts · 255d

1/1 is the birthday of all horses.

glimse@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 255d

I was actually born on the first of January in the year 1901

SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev · 2 pts · 255d (1 reply)

I use 2000-01-01 for most things.

Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 255d

Me too. I used to use 1990-01-01, until I noticed that suddenly people from the early 2000s are adults too.

spy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 255d

As far as I am aware, most people are indeed born on January first.

ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 254d

I've been born in 1980 since I was like 12. Might graduate to being born in 1990 or 2000 if someone ever makes me scroll to the year.

CaptDust@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 255d

I love getting a random bday email from playstation that I setup when was like 14. Pretty sure I was born in 1946 or something.

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 255d (1 reply)

Or opportunity to GTFO FB

gjoel@programming.dev · 2 pts · 255d

Of course, there's that, but it's a good lesson to learn that just because some jackass requires that you fill in a birthday you're under no obligation to give it to them.

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 255d

’1-1-1

brap@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 255d (1 reply)

I don’t see the issue tbh, just make something up. Feed the bullshit machine with bullshit if you insist on using it.

CaptDust@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 255d

Wouldn't surprise me if meta demanded a legal ID photo or something, I recall facebook doing that at one point

ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 255d (1 reply)

This seems like something they're being legally required to track to "protect the children".

Shirasho@lemmings.world · 8 pts · 255d

This. This is NOT Meta's fault. They are only complying with draconian laws made to "protect the children". Meta deserves a lot of flak, but not for this.

lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 255d

1970-01-01 my beloved.

njordomir@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 255d (1 reply)

With the number of breaches and leaks, my chosen birthday is likely more substantiated than my actual birthday.

thevoidzero@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 254d

This reminds me when I was applying for credit card they couldn't confirm my identity because they were on a call with me and said this number is not associated to your name in any databases.

I got it in my name from the provider idk what other "databases" they have with names and numbers, but I'm happy I'm not there.

ikidd@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 255d (3 replies)

I'm almost 125 years old, be having a birthday in about a week. At least as far as every "service" that has my birthday believes.

bytesonbike@discuss.online · 6 pts · 255d (2 replies)

Hey my birthday is ALSO Jan 1st, 1990!

altphoto@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 254d

1234 Elm street? wow! Small world?!

baronofclubs@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 254d

1990 was 125 years ago!? Man, that makes me feel old...

Soapbox@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 255d

April 20th 1969

notreallyhere@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 255d
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Blackmist@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 255d

Jokes on them. Nobody wants to use Meta Horizon.

pir8t0x@ani.social · 3 pts · 255d

Just enter a false birthday

paraphrand@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 255d

If this keeps screaming 7 year olds off multi player VR games, I’m all for it.

Bazell@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 255d

Telling the fake date isn't working anymore?