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Let’s face it Facebook birthdays can be fun but they can also be confusing to decipher, so here’s a little help getting through the quagmire of Facebook birthday messages. There are no fewer than five categories of birthday greetings/greeters on Facebook. The first birthday salutation, which I call the “bare basics birthday greeting”, is the …

Recently I asked several friends of mine about their favorite messaging apps. Raising their eyebrows slightly and vaguely shaking their heads in complete “duh!” (I swear I could hear this over the phone), they answered, “Text.” Or “Facebook Messenger.” Or “Gchat.” Of the 15 or so people I brought into my totally non-scientific survey, three …