{"id":5149,"date":"2025-09-07T06:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T06:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/5149\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T06:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T06:09:09","slug":"20-year-old-annoying-facebook-feature-to-make-a-comeback-because","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/5149\/","title":{"rendered":"20-year-old annoying Facebook feature to make a comeback because\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Updated on: Sept 07, 2025 10:46 am IST <\/p>\n

Facebook has announced that the \u201cPoke\u201d button will return as a core feature, giving users a dedicated page to view pokes and receive notifications.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Facebook is bringing back the \u201cPoke\u201d button in a major update designed to appeal to younger users. The feature, first introduced more than 20 years ago, is being repositioned as a central part of the social media platform. The \u201cPoke\u201d feature soon became annoying and no one really used it. However, things may be changing noq<\/p>\n

\"Facebook Facebook is bringing back the Poke button with new updates aimed at appealing to younger audiences.(AP) <\/p>\n

In a company post announcing the change, Facebook said: \u201cPokes never really left, but they\u2019re making a comeback in a major way. Now you can see who poked you and find other friends to poke.\u201d Users will now have access to a dedicated page showing their \u201cPokes-count\u201d with friends, along with notifications whenever they receive one.<\/p>\n

The update follows a surge in poke usage last year, when Facebook reported a 13-fold increase. Despite remaining the world\u2019s most widely used social media network, with over one-third of the global population logging in at least once a month, Facebook\u2019s growth among new users has slowed in recent years.<\/p>\n

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has previously spoken about bringing back earlier features as part of a broader strategy to reconnect the platform with its original audience while also making it more appealing to younger generations. He described the revival of older functions as a way to rebuild the \u201cfun and useful parts of the original experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is phase one of bringing back OG Facebook,\u201d Zuckerberg said during a March appearance on the Colin and Samir podcast. \u201cA lot of the fun and useful parts of the original experience, we just sort of didn\u2019t focus as much on. And not only did we not focus on them as much, but I realised no one else actually recreated a lot of these things that used to be pretty magical about Facebook, either.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that features such as the Poke button and the reintroduced \u201cFriends\u201d tab are part of a deliberate effort to strengthen direct connections between users, in contrast with the algorithm-driven feed that now dominates the platform. \u201cI actually think that there\u2019s this whole opportunity that is going to be pretty fun to go after and build, which is just to go one-by-one and build up a bunch of these things that used to be these joyful experiences that people had as part of Facebook that just kind of don\u2019t exist on the internet today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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