Facebook Pokes Are Back!

Facebook Pokes Are Back

Remember when Facebook was quite young and Facebook Pokes was a prominent feature on the app?

Well, let us take you back on Facebook looked back then –

Poking people was a prominent feature. You can see the “Poke him!” option beneath the profile image in the above image.

and then slowly. and gradually Facebook Pokes faded…

Then in 2017, Facebook tried to make pokes a thing again, by adding them to profile pages, right at the top:

But, once again Facebook Pokes faded…

And now in 2024, Facebook Pokes are back again, this time because Facebook decided to make them more prominent, by adding them to search results for people you know in the app.  

And people are poking on Facebook once again!

Don’t know how long will Facebook Pokes last this time, but, likely, they will fade away once again soon.


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