Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sco!gorn!keeper From: keeper@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Ron O'Dell) Newsgroups: alt.bbs Subject: Re: BBS Birthdays. Message-ID: <1066@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us> Date: 18 Jan 90 14:49:27 GMT References: <33661.25b18c71@kontu.utu.fi> <6851@wpi.wpi.edu> <1061@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us> Reply-To: keeper@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Ron O'Dell) Organization: The Planet Gorn Lines: 20 In article <1061@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us> tachyon@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (tane' tachyon) writes: >In article <6851@wpi.wpi.edu> macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Christopher Silverberg) writes: >>It is absurd that someone would object to giving his birthdate and not object >>to the age question... if the user doesn't like it, well, that's one less >>bbs he'll be able to use i guess... while the rest of us enjoy the benefits. > >Hey, I know some people who don't tell anyone their birthdays because >they don't like people making a fuss over them. How people run >their lives is their own business. > You, on the other hand, are sneaky... You have the Birthdays section where people can post their birthday in they want to, thinking that there won't be much of a fuss... ...then... Everyone who logs in on that day is informed of this person's birthday!