Pokes

People poke their friends or friends of friends on Facebook for a lot of reasons (ex: just saying hello). When you poke someone, they'll receive a notification.

To poke someone:

1. Go to the person's Timeline
2. Click  in their cover photo
3. Select Poke

When you poke someone, they'll see the poke  icon along with your name on the right side of their News Feed or their Pokes page when they're logged into Facebook on a computer. They may also receive a notification.

Only the person you poke can see that you've poked them.

Once you remove a poke from your homepage you can't get it back, but you're able to poke your friend again. Keep in mind you can't be poked by the same person unless you remove their poke first.

You can see your pokes activity on your pokes page. It will begin showing you how many times you've poked back and forth with a friend after you've poked them more than once.