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[ian]

What does it mean?

[Singer]

it's some useless attention grabber.  i think it started as a joke when facebook was new, but they kept it on there.  talking to people through facebook all the time is impersonal enough, this is going even lower than that.

[Chris]

The whole point is that it's not supposed to have a real meaning...but anyone that uses facebook knows that it's usually used in a sexual way

[ian]

 

[sierrabrook]

actually....... the real point of poking is... you can poke someone you aren't friends with and if they poke you back that means you can look at each others profiles for about a week, so that you can decide if you want to be facebook friends with them or not. but if you are poking someone you are already friends with it can mean anything from "hello" to whatever else you wanna take it as. lol

[Chris]

Thanks for making that clear. I don't think I've ever been poked by someone I'm not friends with and the only way I've seen it used is as a sexual innuendo or mocking that fact.