[goddess_dix]

Originally Posted by powerful_rogue

This would be a fantastic way of doing it. Would make it appear that little bit more personal.

well, the thing i noticed is that i have my active user cutoff date set to a year and it can make it feel a little weird. (with my forum, people sometimes come back after long periods of absence, just the nature of it.)

so sometimes, we'll have a birthday thread for more than one user, one is very active and one is not. and it just feels off to post a personal message in the thread to one but not the other birthday person. but if the inactive user hasn't been there for 6 months, 9 months, or seldom posts, they simply won't get the same responses as someone who is active. that's certainly reasonable, but if they are mentioned IN the thread, it does tend to stand out if they do come around.

that is part of the reason i installed this mod to begin with. with people creating the birthday threads, it was usually only for the more active users, but some folks got missed even if they were around. i thought it might help allieviate hurt feelings, and i did notice some folks really seem to like the threads a lot and appreciate theirs.