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The experiment survived two early comments this morning. Yet at 10.35am a friend posted "[...] Just clicking like is simply not enough [...]". And since it's usually that time of the day where lots of my friends are online (or awake for that matter) everyone who has liked the status was informed about the comment. It was exactly what I was afraid of (see point three of negative effects). Since then already eight people commented on the status, within the last 15 minutes.
Birthdays are a great way to see how much you're connected to your friends. Today is mine and I'm taking the chance. I'm currently running a small social media experiment on facebook. I know from some friends that people believe it's your birthday if facebook tells them. I remember them putting a wrong birthday on purpose on their pages to fool the others. And it works. But let's see how far you can go with it.
What always bothered me is that most of the people simply put a "happy birthday" on the walls. I didn't want to have this. So I chose to make it as simple as possible for others to share their wishes with me without them having to be creative. I closed my wall for messages and I've just updated my status to:
It's allowing my friends on facebook to be part of my birthday with a minimal effort. One click! From other online campaigns I learnt that such a 1-Click-Committment is the most you can get out of people anyway.
The experiment will be running now for the next 24 hours. And I know that there are some risks. (I haven't done a swot analysis, though.)Positive effects may include:Negative effects may include:
All the other effects I will experience over the day. And I'm excited .. hey, it's my birthday after all. :-)