Technically, the poke never really left Facebook. The classic feature from Facebooks early days lets users get a friends attention with a virtual nudge of sorts.
While the poke fell out of use ages ago, the company has more recently seen an uptick in its use among younger users, which has now prompted it to make the poke a more central part of the Facebook experience. Now users are able to poke their friends from a new, dedicated button directly on their Facebook profile, which will alert the pokes recipient through their notifications.
In addition, Facebook users can see who poked them and find friends to poke at facebook.compokes. On this page, users will be able to track their poke count with friends, which grows every time they poke each other.
They can also dismiss pokes if they dont want to reciprocate. Image Credits:Meta (screenshot) (opens in a new window) The poke-tracking feature is largely designed to appeal to younger users who have grown up with gamification elements built into their social apps, like Snapchat and TikTok Streaks.
*Reporting by Techcrunch.*
