Ayikho ipati efana nephathi yokuzalwa kweofisi.@semlady kwiFlickr / kwiCreative Commons Kwiveki ephelileyo, ndibhiyozele umhla wokugqibela wama-29 wokuzalwa. Ngelixa ndandihleli kwibhari yaseJamani eBrooklyn, ndihamba ngesampuli yeebhiya ezili-13, abahlobo bam ababini ababekho basebenzisa iifowuni zabo ukubhala imiyalezo emnandi endayifumana nge-intanethi ngala mini. Bobabini babhala:
Usuku lokuzalwa olumnandi
Ndinqwenela impumelelo yakho kule minyaka izayo
Omnye wongezwa:
Uyonwabile ukudibanisa!
Kodwa eyona nto yayiqhuba ekhaya yayingeyiyo le bayibhalileyo, kodwa kukuba bathumele imiyalezo kwi-LinkedIn. Ngelixa ndandijinga kwiholo yebhiya, omnye wabo waqaphela ukuba i-LinkedIn yayibaqhubela ukuba bandithumelele umyalezo wokuzalwa kwam. Akukho namnye kubo owayefake nantoni na kudonga lwam lwe-Facebook okwangoku (kuba ngenene sasimaka umcimbi ngokobuqu, ke kwakungeyomfuneko ngokwenene).
Into eyenzekayo kukuba, abantu abaliqela bandithumelele imiyalezo engavakaliyo yosuku lokuzalwa kwi-LinkedIn. Ezi zazivela kubantu endibathandayo, abafowunelwa abalungileyo kubuchwephesha, uninzi lwabantu umsebenzi wabo endonwabileyo ukubhala ngawo kwaye ndiyimithombo elungileyo ukusukela.
Kodwa kuyothusa, akunjalo? I-LinkedIn ayithethi ngonxibelelwano lomntu. Imalunga nokufumana imisebenzi, ukuvala amadili kunye nokulandelela abafowunelwa. Ukuba undithumele omnye wale miyalezo, jonga: ulungile. Kodwa ndithetha oku kulunge kubo bonke abantu: musa ukuthobela i-LinkedIn's prompt to wish people happy birthday. Inkampani ifuna ukunika ingxelo yokuzibandakanya komsebenzisi kwibhodi yakhe. Awunzulu nzulu kwiifowuni zakho zonxibelelwano. Uyabenza babe krwada.
Sonke sigcina ukubala ukuba mingaphi imiyalezo yemihla yokuzalwa esiyifumanayo kuFacebook, ngokucacileyo. Olona suku lukhulu lwabantu lokuvuma kwi-intanethi (ufuna ukuthumela umyalezo wokuzalwa owonwabileyo? I-YouTube yinkqubo yokubulala). I-Twitter yenza nokuba iibhaluni zintante ngaphezulu kweprofayile yakho ngomhla wokuzalwa kwakho, entle icocekile.
I-Facebook iye yaba yindawo yendawo yothungelwano lobungcali, njengoko besikhe saxela ngaphambili. Amandla e-Twitter kukuba ubudlelwane buhlala bunobungqingili. Bobabini bobuqu buqu kunye nobungcali obuncinci. Kodwa i-LinkedIn ibisoloko icacile: iyadika njengesihogo.
Ukunqwenela umntu usuku lokuzalwa olumnandi kwindawo yenethiwekhi yokuncokola kufana nokuba umakazi wakho ebhala impendulo kwisithuba sakho sokuhlekisa kuFacebook esenza ukuba i-100 yepesenti icace ukuba akafumani joke. Ngumzamo omhle, kodwa ukwenziwa kakubi. Ukuba abantu bafuna ukudibanisa nomntu okwi-LinkedIn, bhala enye yezinto zobungqina. Andiqinisekanga ukuba babala ntoni, kodwa ubuncinci ingena phakathi.
