Hi @mrprofessor
Yes, for sure it was my birthday and I'll say thank you for the birthday wishes.
I just hesitated (and eventually decided against) stating the exact day in the last 10 that my actual birthday was on.
I met someone in a discord room I Worked in around 2017/18 who called himself (his blogging name) futurethinnker, and he would reveal no details about himself. Eventually I got the story out of him about how he'd let out too much information about himself on the internet somewhere before steem and had had his identity stollen along with a fair amount of crypto.
Ever since hearing his sad tale I am very cautious about staying partly anan on hive, and everywhere else on the internet. I no longer have facebook, Whatsapp or instagram and I don't miss them.
I hope that explains my slightly cryptic wording in this article. It was indeed my birthday very recently, and I had my main celebration for it with the friends you can see in the pics on Saturday. But Saturday wasn't the actual date of my birth lol
Yup, you are absolutely right about preserving information.. especially for those who are not cautious with passwords (using dates, pet names, etc).
Life without FB/Instagram is a bless. My nemesis lately is Youtube though -- so so useful for so many things, but also a huge time catcher.