On facebook u can "poke" people, but what does it mean???

Answer 1

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All it does is send a little message to the person saying they've been poked. And then they can 'poke' back if they want.

I think the general purpose of this, at least in the beginning, was to kind of say hi to friends that you haven't added yet, let them know your on facebook and that you should become friends on facebook as well. Nowadays, its used for anything. It's just a little thing fun that facebook decided to have on their website. It doesn't affect anything else on the site.

Answer 2

All that happens is they get a little message saying "you have been poked by so-and-so" and they have the option to poke you back. That's about it. No real meaning, just something to pass the time and/or bother people with.

Answer 3

I agree with the two answers above, but I also did hear somewhere that it's like a flirt function too. I guess if you see someone you think is cute, but you don't actually know that person, you could POKE them and it would be like, "HEY, I THINK YOU'RE HAAAAAUT!"