What is a poke on facebook?

[Belkis]

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To poke people virtually. But i think its annoying.

[Amy Lilly]

It's just what some people do. It's like a virtual poke.

[cybergofer]

A poke, on facebook, is when you press a button and the other person will receive a notification and a message saying "Belkis has poked you" and that's it lol. It's a virtual poke.

[Sams]

You can understand poke at facebook as to say “hey, you! wutsup”, but some people have wrong understanding that poke at facebook is symbol of disturbing

[code]

Simply put: its a means of getting ones attention.

See for yourself:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.398027696875053.103987.220435901300901&type=3

[Dave]

something bored people do