{"id":27932,"date":"2017-12-07T17:31:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T17:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/facebook-greetings-feature-lets-you-poke-your-friends-in-five-brand-new-ways\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T17:31:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T17:31:52","slug":"facebook-greetings-feature-lets-you-poke-your-friends-in-five-brand-new-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/facebook-greetings-feature-lets-you-poke-your-friends-in-five-brand-new-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Greetings feature lets you \u2018poke\u2019 your friends in five brand new ways"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Facebookers in the UK will soon have five new ways to poke (Credit: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once upon a time, Facebook users loved nothing more than getting a \u2018poke\u2019 from their friends.<\/p>\n

Now Facebook is planning to breathe new life into this old-school social media salutation with five \u2018Greetings\u2019 offering users several ways to say hello.<\/p>\n

From this week, Facebookers in the UK won\u2019t just be limited to the ability to \u2018poke\u2019 their mates.<\/p>\n

Instead, they will be able to easily reach out on Facebook by waving hello, high-fiving, hugging or winking too.<\/p>\n

The new Greetings feature has been introduced to mark the 10th anniversary of poking, which was one of the features which made Facebook famous back in its early days.<\/p>\n

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Here are the five new greetings you can send to friends (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Facebook
The traditional poke has been given a facelift (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Facebook
A wink is a perfect way to show someone you stalked them on Facebook (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How to use the new Facebook Greetings feature<\/h2>\n

Back in the early days of Facebook, you could press the poke button to send your friends a little notification.<\/p>\n

Now, the neglected art of poking is a lot more impressive.<\/p>\n

To send someone a greeting all you need to do is visit their profile on Facebook and find the \u2018hello\u2019 button under their profile picture.<\/p>\n

On mobile, you need to hold down the hello button, whilst on desktop you just hover over it.<\/p>\n

You can then choose from five different greeting options.<\/p>\n

\"Facebook
There\u2019s nothing nicer than a virtual hug (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Facebook
Here\u2019s what happens when you send someone a high five (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The action you choose will result in a cool animation being shown on their page.<\/p>\n

If you hug someone, two blue hands will wrap around their profile picture and give it a cuddle.<\/p>\n

A poke will see a blue hand jolt their picture and a wink will summon a sweet winky face.<\/p>\n

If you sent a greeting to someone by accident, you can cancel it by tapping once on the hello button. A pop-up will then ask if you want to change your mind.<\/p>\n

Since the feature is only being tested in the UK, Australia, Canada, Columbia, France and Thailand you can only send greetings to other Facebook users in those countries.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s likely the new feature will be rolled out across the rest of the world in the coming months.<\/p>\n

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