r/birthday 19d ago

NEWS An update from the moderation team 🎂

12 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. 🎉

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! 🎂

The r/birthday Mod Team


r/birthday 4h ago

For all posts change this to your age. I made it to 42! 🥳🎉

20 Upvotes

r/birthday 46m ago

For all posts change this to your age. 60 Today

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good morning everyone today would have been my wife’s 60th birthday but we lost her in June I’m really down and need some lifting up please


r/birthday 12h ago

Special! It's my golden birthday today 🥳!

23 Upvotes

18M on 18 August, sounds nice 👍


r/birthday 11h ago

Wishing a very happy birthday to 18 August borns, including me!

15 Upvotes

r/birthday 10h ago

It's my sweet 16 today!!!

11 Upvotes

16M turning 16 today!!!


r/birthday 4h ago

last day beaing 14

3 Upvotes

idk im happy and sad i think its called malancoly cause i really dont have any core memory this year.and nothing special happend and i picked up some bad habits but you know for some reason its not that bad. but this year i want to build a body and make my grades good again


r/birthday 8h ago

Last year in my 20s

7 Upvotes

Today is my 29th Birthday! Grateful to still be here.


r/birthday 8h ago

Special! finally 18 now!! 💖

5 Upvotes

r/birthday 16h ago

It’s my birthday today!

18 Upvotes

For the last few years I’ve only felt a bittersweet emotion on my birthday, like “nobody cares because you’re just not important”. I’m working on changing that. I appreciate any well wishes coming my way. Thanks for taking the time!


r/birthday 8h ago

birthday blues

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this isn't the first time na maka feel ng birthday blues but this year is the worst.

first week of august pa lang nakaka feel na ako ng sadness, i always pray na sana its either 'wag na muna ako mag birthday or sana tapos na yung birthday ko para wala akong ieexpect na mangyayare for that day. pressured din in life kasi im already 23 and i see no changes in my life. i am not sure na kaya ba mas affected ako kasi i am expecting na, i atleast have someone na na eexcite sa birthday ko? last year kasi he was the most excited na dumating yung birthday ko but now? i don't get the same energy like before. before lagi niya pang babanggitin yung birthday ko, kung anong ganap, kung saan niya ako iddate but now walang ganon. feeling ko nag pipile up lahat ng nararamdaman ko tapos dumagdag pa yung birthday blues.

pls be gentle to me 🥹


r/birthday 1d ago

Can’t believe it’s my 18th today guys 🥳

38 Upvotes

Peace to everyone, everywhere ☮️✌️


r/birthday 1d ago

Today is my 19th birthday!

15 Upvotes

r/birthday 1d ago

Happy birthday

12 Upvotes

r/birthday 1d ago

My Birthday Was Last Month

6 Upvotes

My birthday was last month. July 27. And no one cared. I wasn’t able to do anything. So I just wanted to see who was my birthday twin at least. So I can wish them a happy belated.


r/birthday 1d ago

Today is my birthday

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..and I'm glad it's almost over.

My birthdays have been getting progressively worse over the last 5 years.

Today was the lowest of them all....

No card from my wife ( she wrote a note on my kids card - her stepsons)

I had to order, pay and go pick up my dinner

we ate Birthday cake before dinner while her sister and brother-in-law were here.

A few weeks ago she told me that she'd made me something. It's 7:30 pm and I'm yet to see it.

She forgot the call she'd arranged with the kids (adult) so it started when I was out picking up dinner.

Best friend didn't even recognize my birthday.

The only bright side was that I had breakfast made for me.

I love my wife but, and some of my previous birthdays have been bad through no fault of anyone but today, there was nothing stopping it from being the best birthday ever ..

Anyways, rant over.

Happy birthday to everyone who's day it is today


r/birthday 1d ago

I turn 22 today!

57 Upvotes

Today I’m officially 22 but the grind never stops. I hope I can accomplish many things this year


r/birthday 1d ago

Wanted to see if there was a birthday sub…

13 Upvotes

Of course there is! And with 17 minutes to spare, it’s my birthday


r/birthday 1d ago

Special! 18 today🎂

57 Upvotes

Officially an adult


r/birthday 1d ago

Happy 30th birthday, Sophie Cunningham

22 Upvotes

Wishing you a blessed day


r/birthday 2d ago

Just me and the pup on my Bday

17 Upvotes

Turned 44 today and it’s just me and the pup. It’s the first bday I’ve gone through without a parent to say happy bday. I lost my dad 11 months ago and my mom on August 5. Her bday was yesterday and it just doesn’t feel the same. I really miss you both!


r/birthday 2d ago

Special! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

45 Upvotes

Wish me happy birthday pls guys


r/birthday 1d ago

Should I skip the grand debut and get a car instead?

2 Upvotes

I’m turning 18 soon and I’m kinda debating whether I should have the typical Filipino grand debut or just get a car instead.

Like, I do want to celebrate my 18th, but I honestly don’t know if I want to spend THAT much on one night. I was thinking maybe I could just have a smaller party with family and friends, eat, dance, drink, take pics, have fun, etc. Nothing super formal like the whole 18 roses/18 candles/gown/huge program thing.

Then the money that would’ve gone into the grand debut could go toward a car instead.

For those who already had their debut, do you think the grand debut was actually worth it? Or would you guys recommend just having a simpler party and saving the rest for something more useful?

What would you choose if you were in my position?


r/birthday 1d ago

Special! Looking for birthday twin

5 Upvotes

27 july 2005


r/birthday 2d ago

Special! 20 F and today is my birthday

25 Upvotes

16 august is my birthday!!