“
Schachter asked the group to pair off, with the goal of conducting a casual six-minute conversation….
“Was it hard?”, [Schachter asked]
“I wish we could poke people,” someone said. Schachter looked confused.
The student elaborated: “If you want to let someone know that you want to talk to them on Facebook, you poke them.”
“Got it,” Schachter said.
“So is there a way to poke someone in person?”
A girl suggested shyly, “Smile at them?
“Was it hard?”, [Schachter asked]
“I wish we could poke people,” someone said. Schachter looked confused.
The student elaborated: “If you want to let someone know that you want to talk to them on Facebook, you poke them.”
“Got it,” Schachter said.
“So is there a way to poke someone in person?”
A girl suggested shyly, “Smile at them?
— Facebook in the Flesh as quoted in The New Yorker’s, Talk of the Town
