Facebook is trying to make 'pokes' happen again

Technically, the poke never really left Facebook.

The classic feature from Facebook’s early days lets users get a friend’s attention with a virtual nudge of sorts. While the poke fell out of use ages ago, the company has more recently seen an uptick in its use among younger users, which has now prompted it to make the poke a more central part of the Facebook experience.

Now, users are able to poke their friends from a new, dedicated button directly on their Facebook profile, which will alert the poke’s recipient through their notifications. In addition, Facebook users can see who poked them and find friends to poke at facebook.com/pokes . On this page, users will be able to track their “poke count” with friends, which grows every time they poke each other. They can also dismiss pokes i