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VJ1224 Jan 21, 2017 @ 7:33am
A Birthday System
Steam should add an option to put your birthday on your profile, friends only. Also send a notification when it is someones birthday (only your friends).
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𝔗 𝔬 𝔟 𝔦 𝔞 𝔰 Jan 21, 2017 @ 8:17am 
so picture this... you add people who has their birthday at 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th of may... picture how anoying it would be for you to get notified each of those days on someones birthday...

i do not believe this will be added sorry... atleast not the notify friends only
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//emilia Jan 21, 2017 @ 8:25am 
I think the notifications would get annoying but I like the idea of having an option to be able to put your bday on your profile like, it could go right next to where you live?:bbtcat:
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VJ1224 Jan 21, 2017 @ 8:43am 
Notifications could also be optional. It would show up in your activity feed. Maybe like a Birthdays Today column on the right.
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cinedine Jan 21, 2017 @ 8:58am 
Originally posted by 🐾Wʜιтє Kιтѕυиє☆:
I think the notifications would get annoying but I like the idea of having an option to be able to put your bday on your profile like, it could go right next to where you live?:bbtcat:

Or, like, right under.
Use the free text if you have to publically display your birthday.
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asd Jan 21, 2017 @ 2:35pm 
Originally posted by Hades:
so picture this... you add people who has their birthday at 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th of may... picture how anoying it would be for you to get notified each of those days on someones birthday...

i do not believe this will be added sorry... atleast not the notify friends only
Why not? More options are always nice. And if you can turn it off, then it's perfect. People who want that feature can have it, and people who don't can just turn it off. It already works for facebook anyways... I know Steam isn't facebook, but I guess some people just want that extra bit of interaction with people... anyways, the main reason this feature would be exciting (in my opinion) is that if you're over 18, then you won't have to go through that extra window to confirm your age when you want to check out an M rated game. I know kids will exploit this, but they can already do the exact same thing, except it takes a few more clicks for no good reason. You could just save your birth date once, and not see that window pop up ever again if you want to check out an M rated game.
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Sovietball Jan 21, 2017 @ 6:23pm 
Originally posted by 🐾Wʜιтє Kιтѕυиє☆:
I think the notifications would get annoying but I like the idea of having an option to be able to put your bday on your profile like, it could go right next to where you live?:bbtcat:
Just take this out of context and this is wonderful
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Black Blade Jan 21, 2017 @ 6:35pm 
I think it can be nice, even that i do not see Valve dose it so much, and not sure how many users will want it, how ever it was asked before
You can how ever for now at least, make a group for your self, and invite all the friends you want them to know, then set events for it on the group, that will notifie the users abut it, and will show in the activity area

Originally posted by Tabus:
Why not? More options are always nice. And if you can turn it off, then it's perfect. People who want that feature can have it, and people who don't can just turn it off. It already works for facebook anyways... I know Steam isn't facebook, but I guess some people just want that extra bit of interaction with people... anyways, the main reason this feature would be exciting (in my opinion) is that if you're over 18, then you won't have to go through that extra window to confirm your age when you want to check out an M rated game. I know kids will exploit this, but they can already do the exact same thing, except it takes a few more clicks for no good reason. You could just save your birth date once, and not see that window pop up ever again if you want to check out an M rated game.
I do not think that will stop the age gate, as that show more as a cover for Valve to say they asked on that active session what the user age was (also in case a kid of the owner is on the PC)
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Dirty Dan Jan 22, 2017 @ 12:46pm 
Originally posted by Hades:
so picture this... you add people who has their birthday at 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th of may... picture how anoying it would be for you to get notified each of those days on someones birthday...

i do not believe this will be added sorry... atleast not the notify friends only
The chances of having friends have a birth day 2 days in a row is 1/133,225. Unless you only have friends who have birthdays in May, in that case it's 1/961. Not a good point to make.
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76561198292631324 Jan 23, 2017 @ 12:48am 
STEAM could actually grant one a small discount on the birthday, if there was a way to verify the data about the day of birth, to avoid exploitation of this through changing the info on demand.
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VJ1224 Jan 23, 2017 @ 3:06am 
Originally posted by Consumerism Temple:
STEAM could actually grant one a small discount on the birthday, if there was a way to verify the data about the day of birth, to avoid exploitation of this through changing the info on demand.
Too easy to exploit. Anyone can setup multiple accounts. Suppose they use a passport to verify the date of birth. I could make an account and use my friend's passport. Or family. This is very unlikely to happen. Also what games would they discount? Ones on their wishlist or all of them?
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Dirty Dan Jan 23, 2017 @ 9:08am 
Originally posted by VJ1224:
Originally posted by Consumerism Temple:
STEAM could actually grant one a small discount on the birthday, if there was a way to verify the data about the day of birth, to avoid exploitation of this through changing the info on demand.
Too easy to exploit. Anyone can setup multiple accounts. Suppose they use a passport to verify the date of birth. I could make an account and use my friend's passport. Or family. This is very unlikely to happen. Also what games would they discount? Ones on their wishlist or all of them?
Devs would decide? Also how do you get your hands on someone else's passport? "Hey Dad, could I borrow your passport to receive a small discount on steam?" "I don't know can you?"
"Hey friend, you know how desperate I am for discounts? I was wondering if I could borrow your passport, you know, for one discount once a year." "Yah, no sorry."
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HEART Jan 23, 2017 @ 9:36am 
So people can lie about their birthday the way they lie about their real name and lie about where they live? No thanks. Useless feature.
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Relmor Jan 23, 2017 @ 10:44am 
This is why facebook was invented. Go check your friends there.
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Black Blade Jan 23, 2017 @ 1:19pm 
Originally posted by Dirty Dan:
Devs would decide? Also how do you get your hands on someone else's passport? "Hey Dad, could I borrow your passport to receive a small discount on steam?" "I don't know can you?"
"Hey friend, you know how desperate I am for discounts? I was wondering if I could borrow your passport, you know, for one discount once a year." "Yah, no sorry."
I think the bigger issue to ask, is who is going to take a look at that passport? after all doing it by software is not likely to work well for example:
http://blog.atlasrfidstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/biometric-passport.png (Its crossed out, but you get the point)

Its going to take one hell a lot of people to do it, and after all that you give them a discount? dose not seem like a very smart business move
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Thatbrownmonster Jan 23, 2017 @ 1:47pm 
you want steam to become facebook?

also as gabe newell said
a lt of steam users birthdays are 1 of january of each year...imagine the pop-ups in that day then
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