Author:
Monica Porter
Date Of Creation:
21 March 2021
Update Date:
1 July 2024
Content
"Poke" is a simple but interesting feature of Facebook. When you poke someone, they will immediately receive a message saying "(Your Name) poked you." At this point, friends will have the option to poke back. It only takes a few minutes to get to know how (and at) to poke on Facebook, so open Facebook in another tab and follow this post!
Steps
Part 1 of 2: Poke friends
Find out what poke is. Before poking someone for the first time, you should know exactly what this is about. When you poke someone, Facebook will:
- Send the message to the person saying "(Your Name) poked you."
- Give this friend the option to re-poke, remove poke or skip.
- Record your friend's poke on the poke page.
- Note: Each poke action is only visible to the person you poke. In other words, other than that person, no one could see this action.
Visit your friends' profiles. It's easy to poke your friends. You simply go to the person's profile by entering their name in the search bar, going to your Friends page or clicking on their name on the message board, and so on.- We can only poke fun at our friends, we cannot poke pages of people who are not yet friends.
Click the "…’. At the top of your friends' profiles, you'll find your profile picture on the left, the cover photo stretched out above, and some buttons on the right. Find and click the button with the three dots.
Click "Poke (To poke). Poke notifications will be sent to your friends. This person can respond by poking you or removing it.
Go to the Poke page to see who poked you. Facebook gives us a very convenient way to see all of the pokes at once: it's the Pokes page. You can visit Facebook.com/pokes to see who you poked at as well as who poked you.- If you have poked back and forth with your friends, this page will also display the number of times you were poked.
Use the buttons on the Poke page to poke your friends back. When someone pokes you (or you poke others and they poke back), you'll see a green "poke" button next to their name on the Pokes page. Clicking this button will automatically poke the person back. This is very convenient for poking at many people at the same time without having to visit their profile page. advertisement
Part 2 of 2: Tease culture
To poke friends to get their attention. The appeal of the poke will be a bit hard to explain to those who don't "understand". When poking someone on Facebook is almost like poking them in real life, this is not only a way to attract attention but also has many other meanings. You can tease people by making fun of them, letting them know you're thinking about them or making them want to text you, depending on the context.- Note: if two people are liking each other and poking around at night, is it the same as two schoolmates joking around at noon? You must also notice the difference.
Don't poke constantly. This is probably the most important rule when it comes to Facebook poking. Although sometimes making fun of each other with friends is fun, you should not make people constantly tease as a habit. It can be annoying when someone logs in and sees a new message only to find out that you have been poked, so if you do this too much, your friends will probably ignore you.
Don't poke this person to get someone else's attention. Remember that when you poke, only the receiver will see it. Don't use poke to embarrass people because no one can see what you are doing.
Do not make fun of people you are not close to. It is quite common that we have Facebook "friends" who do not know each other in real life. Even though you may poking at these people but it's not always a good idea. It can be weird to be poked by someone you don't know well (just like you really strangers poked in real life). advertisement
Advice
- Every time you and your friends poke each other, your bond will get better !!
- Any friend can make fun of you (and vice versa). If you want someone to stop poking at you, you can block them.
