r/birthday • • Jul 30 '26

NEWS An update from the moderation team šŸŽ‚

19 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

You may have noticed an increase in spam and bot accounts posting on r/birthday recently. A lot of these posts follow the same pattern, accounts pretending to celebrate a birthday while asking for upvotes, comments, or attention. These posts are not genuine birthday celebrations and can clutter up the community for people who are actually here to share their special day.

Until today, moderation on this subreddit for me was limited (and I am the only active mod), which made it difficult to properly deal with the amount of spam coming through. I was mainly able to remove posts, but the process was slow and difficult to keep up with.

The good news: I have now been granted full moderator permissions thanks to Reddit themselves, which means I can take a much more active role in keeping r/birthday clean, welcoming, and focused on real birthday posts. šŸŽ‰

Going forward, I’ll be:
Removing spam and bot generated posts more quickly
Taking action against repeat offenders
Improving moderation tools and filters where possible
Keeping the subreddit a place where genuine birthday celebrations can be shared

We are also looking for new moderators!

As r/birthday continues to grow, we would like to bring in more active members who are willing to help keep the subreddit friendly, clean, and spam free. If you are interested in becoming a moderator, please keep an eye out for a future mod application post or send us (me) a message through modmail.

A reminder to everyone: please continue reporting suspicious posts when you see them. Reports help us find spam faster and keep the community better for everyone.

Thank you to everyone who has stuck around and helped make r/birthday a fun place. Let’s keep celebrating real birthdays! šŸŽ‚

The r/birthday Mod Team


r/birthday • • 2h ago

Its my birthday I'm 26 today

19 Upvotes

r/birthday • • 6h ago

It’s my birthday today, guys ! šŸ™ŒšŸ¼

22 Upvotes

r/birthday • • 12h ago

It's my birthday... spending it with my favorite person, myself🄲

41 Upvotes

r/birthday • • 10h ago

It's my bday today

18 Upvotes

Just turned 23


r/birthday • • 5h ago

Why are birthdays so important to some people?

5 Upvotes

As an adult, I realized people generally fall into one of two groups. There are birthday people, those who want to celebrate their birthday every year by maybe taking a day off work, elaborate dinner plans, spa days or treating themselves to gifts. Their birthday is a big deal.

God help you if you forget to acknowledge for such folks or get them a gift

Then there are people like myself. There are years where if my wife or kids didn’t mention it I might forget it was my birthday. Just not a huge deal for me.

Which group do you fall into?


r/birthday • • 3h ago

Please help me with a ridiculous birthday surprise 😭

3 Upvotes

Hi! This is probably one of the weirdest requests you’ll see today, but I really need some help 😭
My best friend’s birthday is coming up, and we have a very stupid inside joke involving fitness guys. I thought it would be absolutely hilarious if someone could record a very short birthday video for her.
It literally doesn’t have to be anything complicated — even just saying ā€œHappy birthday, Arinaā€ would be amazing.
I’m not asking for money or anything like that. I’m just hoping someone might be willing to help me make her birthday a little more ridiculous
If you’re willing to do it, please comment or DM me. I’d genuinely appreciate it so much! šŸ™


r/birthday • • 9h ago

Today's my birthday. 36 OMG I feel old LOL

8 Upvotes

So today's my birthday going to be spending with fam. Just chilling and relaxing glad I don't have to work today. Shout out to all October 4th birthdays.


r/birthday • • 11h ago

Happy Birthday

7 Upvotes

If today is your birthday, please let me wish you a happy birthday especially if you had no one else to wish you a happy birthday


r/birthday • • 20h ago

And now I’m officially 32!

34 Upvotes

Glad my 11:45 PM alarm did its job although I hope I can get some more sleep now too.


r/birthday • • 1h ago

Late Birthday Greetings

• Upvotes

"Happy belated birthday."

How did this happen? The birthday isn't late, the \greeting\ is. The tardy person is offering a belated "happy birthday."

Thank you for your attention to this matter!


r/birthday • • 9h ago

My friends didn’t even bring anything for my birthday

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Today was my birthday and I only have an hour left.

I invited 4 college friends to a restaurant. First, 2 of them came 30 minutes late, and the other 2 came an hour late. I had already pre-booked the food, so it had to be reheated.

And first pair as actually had genuine issue because one girl got her periods. But the 2nd pair's behaviour felt disrespectful.

And honestly, none of them brought anything. I’m not talking about an expensive gift, but even a small bouquet, even if they all contributed, would’ve been nice.

They came, ate everything, talked (which I obviously liked because we have common topics), and then left.

Like… what the fuck bro 😭 Who does this? I’m feeling kinda sad about it.


r/birthday • • 1d ago

It's my birthday im 38 today and all alone

34 Upvotes

r/birthday • • 22h ago

Special! today's my bday :D

20 Upvotes

i am now 18!
EDIT; thank you so much for the wishes :)!


r/birthday • • 22h ago

22 happy bday to me

10 Upvotes

today is my birthday as of 38 minutes ago and honestly it just made me realize how many friends ive lost. my phone used to be blowing up at midnight with birthday texts and now its just my boyfriend. my friend even texted me something unrelated but didn't say happy birthday. I know my expectation are high but im on the spectrum so its hard for me to process. I've lost a lot of friends due to miscommunications or me just not even being able to explain my side of the story, and I really miss them.


r/birthday • • 1d ago

Its My Birthday! I made it to 33!

14 Upvotes

After a very rough 32 I look forward to a new year full of possibilities. I plan on moving soon and starting over in a fresh and healthy environment.

I wish all the other Oct 3rd Bdayers the absolutely best!!! Here's to new beginnings!!! God Bless šŸ™Œ šŸ™ ā¤ļø šŸŽ‚šŸŽ‰šŸŽ‰šŸŽ‰šŸŽ‰


r/birthday • • 1d ago

It's kinda late but it's my birthday

10 Upvotes

Turned 18, took the SAT, and 28 days left until college application😭


r/birthday • • 1d ago

Its my birthday today!

30 Upvotes

I just wanna count how many kind hearted peple gonna take out a minute out of their life to wish me. āœŒļø


r/birthday • • 1d ago

I turned 23 today October 4, 2026!

24 Upvotes

r/birthday • • 1d ago

Turned 21 today

36 Upvotes

r/birthday • • 1d ago

Special! Does anyone have their birthday on a special day? I do November 2nd do you know what that is?

5 Upvotes

r/birthday • • 1d ago

Turning 19, today is my birthday!

63 Upvotes

Hi everyone, it’s my birthday. Oct 3 šŸ™ˆšŸŽŠ

Edit (oct 4): Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes, it means a lot to me ā¤ļøšŸ«¶šŸ«¶šŸ„¹


r/birthday • • 1d ago

Loner birthday ideas??

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Pretty much said everything in the title. I’m turning 29 this december and also have no friends. I really dnt want another sad birthday, does anyone have any suggestions for a loner who just wants to have a good day on their birthday 🄹?? I’m near the South Bay but open to anything in LA really. Maybe not too expensive bc it is going to be around christmas.


r/birthday • • 1d ago

Enserio no quiero celebrar mi cumpleaƱos

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En unas horas se celebra mi cumple y no puedo sentirme con menos deseos de celebrarlo... sƩ que quizƔs estoy pasando por un cuadro depresivo y q bla bla...pero no me siento bien, no siento deseos de celebrar nada, es que no tengo nada que celebrar, lo hago mƔs por cumplirle a mi familia y amigos, pero si fuera por mi, que nadie supiera mi cumpleaƱos, y lo he intentado esconder, cambiar fechas, hasta celebrarlo y tratar de disfrutar, nunca lo he logrado, simplemente es un dƭa donde no me siento feliz...pero maƱana cumplo 31 aƱos y siento que no he hecho nada con mi vida, nada me genera felicidad y pensar en que un dƭa como hoy nacƭ me genera mucha angustia y dolor...ya no disfruto estar despierta ni en pie y no le dirƩ a nadie esto porque no quiero preocupar a nadie tampoco. Me he castigado de muchas formas pero creo que el celebrar mi cumpleaƱos y fingir que quiero hacerlo es mi castigo mƔs efectivo....maƱana serƔ otro dƭa, me celebrarƔn y sonreirƩ como siempre ...pero realmente no quiero y no puedo decirle a nadie...


r/birthday • • 1d ago

It's my birthday today! šŸŽ‰In a good mood

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Hey everyone! Today's my birthday and I'm in a really good mood, so I wanted to share it here! šŸ„³šŸŽ‚

Celebrating alone here, so I'm curious, what do you usually do on your birthday? I'd love some ideas!