Flirting like it was in the early 2010s.
The “Poke” feature is back on Facebook. Gen Z loves this feature.
Back in the heyday of Facebook, poking was all the rage, with people using this feature as a way to flirt, get someone’s attention, annoy their friends, and start poking wars. .
Just in time for its 20th anniversary, the social media company announced Tuesday that its “Poke” feature is back, offering better suggestions on who to poke and making it easier to find poke pages. TechCrunch reported.
“Poke” technically never left, just buried deep within numerous settings and virtually impossible to find. You’ll have to search for “poke” in Facebook’s search bar or somehow memorize the unique URL to his Poke page.
In early 2024, Meta redesigned the Poke button to make it more visible and place the button next to the name a user searches for. It’s also now easier to find Poke landing pages. You can now type “poke” or “pokes” in the search bar instead of just “poke.”
We’ve found that more people use a feature if they can actually find it. Meta claimed. Since the redesign, Poke has increased 13x.
Mehta said more than 50% of new Poké games were created by users between the ages of 18 and 29, who may have been too young to enjoy the real fun of Poké at the height of its popularity.
Young people might liken Poke to sliding into someone’s DMs.
Many users feel very nostalgic about Poke, especially since it is one of the oldest features of the platform.
