What Is A Facebook Poke | Facebook re-invents poke

What Is A Facebook Poke : “Poking” is a simple but addictive feature offered on Facebook. Poking your friends sends them an instant notification saying “(Your name) poked you.” At this point, your friend gets the option to poke you back. Learning how (and when) to poke on Facebook just takes a minute or two, so open Facebook in another tab and follow along!

Meaning Of Poke On Facebook

Poke simply means “hello” on Facebook, it is used to bring the attention or focus of other Facebook users to the individual who poked. After poking it shows a notification on the individual page which is a hand together with his/her username, it is always fascinating to view. Unlike other posts, only the person you poked can view or see such notification.

WHO TO POKE

You can poke your friends on Facebook as well as a mutual friends of your friends but you can’t poke someone who is yet to accept your friend request or those you have blocked on Facebook.

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WHAT TO DO TO POKE

When you receive a poke, you have the option to accept or ignore it. To accept it, you can poke the individual back or reply with a private message or a post on his/her timeline. Many don’t fancy accepting a poke, so they just ignore their friends poke.

Sending a Poke on Facebook

There are a number of reasons to send pokes, both to your friends and to people who aren’t on your friends list, including:

  • Just to say a quick “hello”
  • To remind someone that you’re still waiting on a reply or message from him or her
  • To check in and see if a person has visited Facebook lately
  • To let someone know you’re thinking of him or her
  • Just because you can.

How to poke someone on Facebook.

To poke someone:

  1. Go to their profile page.
  2. Find the “…” icon located on the cover photo of their profile.
  3. Select the “poke” option.
  4. A popup window will appear confirming that you have poked the person.

How to Tell If You Have Been Poked

If someone pokes you, you’ll receive a notification under the “world” icon for notifications on the blue menu bar on the right. If you click on that notice, you’ll be taken to a screen where you can choose a “Poke Back” option inside of a blue button with a hand icon. You will also see below that a list of suggested people to poke.

You can also delete the poke by clicking on the grey “x” to the right of the Poke Back button.

One thing to keep in mind is that you cannot poke the same person twice unless the individual has returned or removed your first poke.

Stop a Facebook User from Poking You

If you want to stop someone from poking you, you can block them by clicking on the question mark icon on the top right of the blue menu bar. Go to Privacy Shortcuts and choose the third option, “How do I stop someone from bothering me?” A screen will pop up where you can enter the person’s name or email address.

Sending Pokes from Your Phone

You can easily poke a Facebook user from your mobile phone. It’s quite similar to using a desktop computer or laptop.

  1. From your Facebook app on the mobile phone, go the person’s profile.
  2. Below their cover photo and name, you will see the vertical three dots on the right hand side.
  3. Click on this to open a drop down menu.
  4. Select the “poke” option.

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