This is basically what people wishing happy birthday on Facebook has become, along with the customary expressions of thanks. Automated to be able to do it for all your 3000 “friends”.

Words Facebook has majorly cheapened:

  Friend
  Like
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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.

Lots of people visit cemeteries on the birthdays of the deceased. Better to celebrate the birthday than the death day.

Lots of mutual Facebook friends of mine and my deceased friends with them happy birthday, and they all know that the person is deceased.

Could be that's the case but I don't think so.

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.

It's relevant to the topic.

It is. And one day you will have to answer to the children of this guy!

Mark, you're becoming as thin skinned as Elon!

This is basically the premise of Robert Sheckley's short story "The Robot Who Looked Like Me".