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To Poke or Not To Poke on FaceBook!

07/27/2010 - 1:00 am By Misty Belardo
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To Poke or Not To Poke on FaceBook!

If you are a FaceBook user (who isn’t right?) you know by now that there are a lot of things you can do on the social networking site. You can update your status, tell people what is happening with you or share links that you think your friends will also be interested in. You can also see who just broke up, got engaged, got married and who is single. You can also share memories and pictures from today or the past, like when you were still in high school. You can decorate a house or build an empire or a restaurant via the different social games available on the site.

However, there is also one more thing that people can do on the site, and that is to POKE someone. If you want to POKE someone on FaceBook, you just click on the POKE (username) tab found under your friend’s profile picture. Why do people POKE on FaceBook? I can see several reasons why:

1. To nudge your friend or someone in your family

2.  To let someone know you are thinking of them

3.  To get your friend’s attention

I often get poked on the site, and I usually POKE back. My reason is usually one of the three mentioned above. I know some people find it awkward, especially if it’s a guy who pokes another guy. It’s like a no-no to them. I found a video that I find funny. It illustrates the reason why they do not like getting poked. There was even a petition to change the POKE to TICKLE instead. If you are on FaceBook, do you POKE your friends? Or, do they POKE you? Do you POKE back? Do you want to change it to TICKLE too?  What do you think?

Main Image Source – Poke poke poke poke by LarimdaME

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Author: Misty Belardo

Misty is a Digital Activations Director for one of the most awarded interactive ad agencies in the Philippines. Her true love is design and self-expression. She believes in encouraging others to bring out their creativity to the surface and in whatever medium they feel comfortable with. A designer at heart that loves hand drawn design. She enjoys sketching, painting and doodling. Creating avatars and hand drawn icons and logos are her favorite. Gifted with a very active imagination and uses that to blog about her interactive experiences. Coffee and music lover. Loves social media, Twitter and FaceBook. Connect with her on Twitter @mistygirlph and FaceBook : Mistygirlph


4 Comments

Christina Kingston

July 28th, 2010

Greetings Misty-

Oh Gosh, I don’t like being ‘tickled’ :) Can we change the ‘poke’ to a ‘high five’ or a ‘peace sign’ or something? ->[ Misty sends you a High Five ] -I’d like that! Although the ‘poke’ seems sorta okay. It’s all a bit silly though and I’d much prefer the person say something on my wall or drop me an email.

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div Reply:

I agree with CK……….. :)

When I see the updates dat somebody poked me…… I feel lil irritated….. ;)

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Misty Belardo

July 30th, 2010

Hello girls!! Thank you for your feedback.. :D It would be cool to have a hi 5 and a nudge! But i don’t mind the poke LOL as long as I know who it was ;)

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Lee Keller King

August 14th, 2010

How about “nudge” or “psst?” Maybe “backslap?”

Just wondering. :-)

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