ok, so what exactly are facebook "pokes"

[Ava]

i'm currently in a war of poke with several different people, but i don't even know wtf a poke is :rofl:

[ghostsofgiants]

1. It's one of two things...

Flirting, or just extreme boredom.

[Ava]

2. aha, see i didn't know this

:rofl:

i highly doubt it's flirting.. but instead just boredom

[billyskank]

3. I don't get it

You'd think it means, "hey! Where are you?" but they will only see it if they ever log on to Facebook, so it seems only of limited use...

[Ava]

4. i guess it's just one of the various useless features of facebook

;)

[ghostsofgiants]

5. It's more of a "Hey, look over here, it's me!" kind of thing for when you're on Facebook.

[Ava]

6. see, it's turned into war of boredom for me

every time i log in i have about 6 pokes :rofl:

[ghostsofgiants]

7. Haha, yeah, a couple friends and I have had a poke war going on for over a year.

Boredom FTW.

[Posteritatis]

8. Some of my friends use them as life-sign pings

Ones who have spotty net access, in nasty situations, or just too busy to sit down and type out a message use them to say they're still among the living.

Of course, there's others where it's just boredom.

[PassingFair]

9. If you have to ask....

they're not doing it right!

:rofl:

[Unvanguard]

10. It's either flirtatious or just "Hey, pay attention to me!"

Not that I have a problem with either variety. :)

(Of course, no one ever pokes me, so....)