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#1 Jonna on 10.09.08 at 6:58 PM

(Sigh) The infamous facebook poke. Hands down it always means “I’m interested.” Whether or not people admit it, the poke is a sign of attraction.

#2 luscious! on 10.09.08 at 7:00 PM

what if two guys who aren’t gay poke each other though?

#3 modi on 10.09.08 at 7:01 PM

what!?

#4 mcnerd on 10.09.08 at 7:11 PM

i have always thought of the poke as a slight come on. like not quite verbally putting interest out there, like a before i message you and look like a fool lemme poke you and see what happens there first. i personally get annoyed by them.

and thats what i think about pokes.

#5 Tia on 10.09.08 at 7:12 PM

I never viewed it as something flirtatious. I always looked at it as, “Hey. Long time no speak to” kind of thing. Or, “What’s up?” I think ppl take it to seriously when thinking it means more than what it is.

#6 Tjett on 10.09.08 at 7:25 PM

lmaaaaao. i love this graphic and the discussion that’s followed.

#7 strictlyfab on 10.09.08 at 7:33 PM

I never knew what the poke meant…I know I just have random guys poking me all the time…wait…that didn’t come out right…LOL!

#8 ricky on 10.09.08 at 7:39 PM

that picture and explanation are great…

#9 modi on 10.09.08 at 7:40 PM

“hey you’re kinda cute, and i wanna know more about you/get to know you in a different light to see if there is potential past being just homies.”

that’s what that shit means to me, man. i might as well keep it 100. if you poke me, that’s how i’ma feel. and if i poke you, that’s how i feel. e-game [aka hollering at somebody via the internet] is weak, but sometimes you gotta do it.

#10 Marvelous Mo on 10.09.08 at 7:50 PM

I take it as a flirtatious tool to grab someone’s attention. I just ignore all of them.

Its crazy wack to get your mack on via internet unless you personally know the person and use Facebook as a way to K.I.T. If its the latter, then the poke feature is the best thing to use. I would.

#11 J.D. on 10.09.08 at 8:13 PM

that graphic is classic ahhahahahhaha

#12 Tiff on 10.10.08 at 12:01 AM

Finally someone has asked! I’m definitly under the impression that a poke.. is a sign of some sort of interest tho.

#13 Tiff on 10.10.08 at 12:01 AM

-Jaz.

#14 firmdisbeliever on 10.10.08 at 12:58 AM

damn i got about 25 pokes from all females…. i guess i need to take advantage lls….

time for some action!!!!

#15 s_ on 10.10.08 at 1:53 AM

damn. as i facebook newcomer as of today, im hearing new definitions of the infamous poke.

down my ways, its got noooo sexual connotations lol.. but im gonna stay safe and stay awake from poking ppl

#16 Nae Nae on 10.10.08 at 8:57 AM

hahaha! i guess people do it to get your attention. at least thats what people tell me when im “poked”.

#17 makkah on 10.10.08 at 9:50 AM

i always deem anyone who pokes me as a certified creeper. the poke tool has always weirded me out, i only use it when i want to creep out my friends. I mean really, do we have to have the picture of the little finger when someone pokes you? its weird…

#18 Kayla on 10.10.08 at 10:05 AM

I’m with Makkah. No one knows what it means so when you get them you’re just like WTF. You’re left guess and have no idea what to do next. If you want to holler. Be like Nike and just do it. If you’ve never talked to the person don’t do it over facebook chat, that’s even more weird.

#19 ricky on 10.10.08 at 10:55 AM

“If you’ve never talked to the person don’t do it over facebook chat, that’s even more weird”

I disagree…This is not to say that I spit all my game on the internet…BUT, it is an option..I get random friend requests and I accept them on the basis that that girl is sexy based on the picture..Of course since I don’t know the person I send a message asking why I got a friend request…Conversation starts, it’s the beginning…It may sound weird if it’s never happened to you but since it’s happened to me it’s not weird…

Also you gotta be slick with it…If you send a message to a random girl you have to know what you’re saying, how you say it, stuff like that…And I know girls are mean cause if your pic is not on point then no response is coming…I haven’t experienced that because I’m a cute guy (I’m not conceited guys…haha..its a joke)

Have a good day

#20 WIL on 10.10.08 at 11:23 AM

long long time ago, i got a poke from some guy i dont even know.
does that mean he’s gay and i turn him on?

#21 modi on 10.10.08 at 1:43 PM

i won’t lie, ricky’s e-game is on point like shit. he does more work on facebook than most.

#22 modi on 10.10.08 at 1:46 PM

and yea i’m shutting down that facebook chat idea. i mean kayla let’s face it. you hit me on the book before we met, and then after we finally met, we talked on there again. then i snatched your screen name and started tryna holler via IM. but you moved waaaaay too slow with that response time so i gave up. but we did a few more e-maneuvers and that’s how everything started popping off.

#23 Malcolm on 10.10.08 at 2:16 PM

i was confused about what the poke meant. I still am but this helps a little bit. Great post Modi.

#24 hey, why are you reading? on 10.10.08 at 2:24 PM

Poking means a little more now that it’s limited to your friend’s list. (Or am I making that up? The poking function no longer exists amongst strangers/non-friends, right?)

I can honestly say that I’ve never poked anyone. Being awkward + poking is a wtf combo.

But that’s besides the point….poking, universally, is a tool that says “Hey, I want you to notice me.”

#25 makkah on 10.10.08 at 3:11 PM

it’s not the fact that you’ve never met that makes the poke weird. it’s the fact that it’s a poke. if you say whats up to someone online then it’s just as fine as saying what’s up to them in real life.

but if you poke someone in real life? well… i’d be alarmed.

the internet should be used to further existing relationships. if you’ve seen someone around that you’re interested in getting to know, hit them up. if you don’t know them well enough to call them, but still want to talk… then IM is encouraged.

but please don’t poke me.

#26 Pop Cesspool on 10.10.08 at 3:29 PM

Poke is like one of those features on a cellphone that were added because somebody in the product-engineering division thought they were a good idea, but if you actually start playing around with them, you realize that they’re useless, pointless and/or just kinda troublesome.

#27 Kayla on 10.10.08 at 3:30 PM

HAHA! I didn’t say anything about sending a message. LOL Modi breathe softly. I never poked you or hit you over facebook chat. So that statement is flawed and irrelevant. I said facebook chat. When that little box pops up randomly with someone that doesn’t know you well enough to contact you any other way that’s weird. Its happened to me way too many times… I hate it.

#28 ricky on 10.10.08 at 8:35 PM

Kayla sent messages, she poked…one cosign is enough…haha

#29 rewface on 10.11.08 at 12:09 AM

i fckng HATE getting facebook poked. i always ignore them.
then i get messages like, “why didn’t you poke back?”
and it’s like, “why didn’t you message me in the first place?”
that shit is mad weird. ESPECIALLY with people i don’t know.

#30 modi on 10.11.08 at 5:04 AM

nah, the poke is crucial. magical, almost. the fact that you can’t be 100% sure what it means is the best part.

simple. everyone who claims they hate the poke is lame. they prolly don’t get poked enough/do enough poking themselves. i mean that in all ways possible. got’em.

#31 aden on 10.11.08 at 5:56 AM

hahah in all ways possible. got em.

good one.

#32 Nas Vegas on 10.12.08 at 5:55 PM

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#33 sazybel on 02.27.09 at 5:45 AM

i miss pokes i think their useful to say hi to people that you know but that it would be weird for you to add as a friend or to let them know you have facebook but don’t know if they would want you to add them or not

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