Facebook’s Birthday Videos are another attempt to repackage your life for social sharing<article>
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Now that Facebook’s Memories function has taken over the world—at least if my News Feed is any indication—the social giant’s grafting its central concept onto birthdays.</p><p>
Facebook’s new 45-second “Birthday Videos” will show up in your feed the day after your big day, displaying “a magical birthday cake that lights up and comes to life” before bursting open to show the “top” happy birthday posts and videos sent by your pals. Take note: These videos will only appear if at least three people shoot you a note on your birthday.</p><p>
As with Memories, you’ll have the option to share Birthday Videos with your followers or keep them to yourself. And as with Facebook’s hokey, made-up
Friends Day, you can edit which clips and posts actually appear inside your Birthday Video if the algorithms miss something special.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3101433/software-social/facebooks-birthday-videos-are-another-attempt-to-repackage-your-life-for-social-sharing.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Facebook’s Birthday Videos are another attempt to repackage your life for social sharing
