Of all the instances of things slipping through the cracks or someone “going out with a bang”, Facebook’s July 29th 2010 snafu will forever stay in my memory. The snafu, discovered by a TechCrunch reader, apparently involved (note the past tense — Facebook has already fixed the glitch) a small issue when changing your Facebook profile’s main language to Spanish. Up in the top right where birthdays are announced, the words “Fuck you bitches” resided instead.
Not exactly the Happy Birthday we’re used to. But in the spirit of a good laugh, I can certainly appreciate Facebook’s attempts to make me laugh. It was fun while it lasted guys…
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On July 29th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
July 31, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Ha, Facebook translates Spanish birthday greetings into ?Fuck you bitches?. That's how the… http://reduce.li/ub2q81 #translates
July 30, 2010 at 8:31 am
Facebook wishes Spanish users a happy birthday http://bit.ly/akYaOk Whoops!
July 29, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Yes, same thing happened to me was kinda funny, i got also other msg when i was refreshing the main website a weird msg that i forgot to that a pic of it:(
So… why exactly “fuck you bitches”?
July 29, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Very good question. Funny nonetheless.