Fans like to put the names of their celebrity idols on the Twitter trending list on their birthday. Now, anyone can celebrate their birthday on Twitter by adding their birthdate to their profile, USA Today reports.

The most exciting things about birthday used to be cakes and gifts. Now, people also enjoy hundreds of notifications in their social media accounts on their birthdays.

Twitter also offers a festive atmosphere with animated balloons on people's birthday.

On one of Twitter's blog post by Ricardo Castro, Production Manager at Twitter, the social media platform showed people how they can add their birthdate to their Twitter profiles.

Using Kevin Hart's Twitter profile as an example, the post shows users that their birthday may appear on their profile beside a balloon icon.

The site also gives users the privacy option. "Your birth date is a completely optional part of your profile and you have full control over who can see it," Ricardo Castro writes.

Moreover, Twitter users may share their birthdays in public without giving away their age.

According to the same post, "The visibility setting for your birth year is separate from the setting for your birth month and day, giving you the flexibility to share as much (or as little) as you want."

Just like Facebook, Twitter aims to let people connect with one another.

Recently, it is reported that Twitter will be launching a project that is connecting people around the world in a very different way.

While some people use the site to express themselves in tweets, most people use Twitter to see what's trending and find out what everyone else is talking about.

By clicking a hashtag, people can see what is happening and what the trend is all about. This is what Twitter is known for.

Recently, Twitter announced that it is launching a real-time news service, "Project Lightning", which may soon be called "Moments", according to The Telegraph.

With this, people can click on any event happening at the moment. Then, they will see a page containing all user content related to it, which is almost as good as watching the event live. User content may be any tweet, photo or video that tells the recent happenings in an event.

"Twitter is the only tool in the world today that actually shows you the world live, other than Periscope," Periscope's Chief Executive, Kayvon Beykpour, told The Telegraph in an interview.

"So I think it's great that they're working on things like Moments to improve that," he added.

Twitter's Welcome page currently reads: "Get in-the-moment updates on the things that interest you. And watch events unfold, in real time, from every angle."