Now is the worst time to bring back the Facebook Poke

I find that the absolute best way to introduce yourself to someone is to sneak up behind them, tap them on the shoulder, and then run away as fast as you can.

Or... hold on, no. What I meant to say is that's bizarre, anti-social behavior that no one should ever do outside of schoolyard playground.

Yet Facebook appears determined to make this a common, accepted way of getting someone's attention on the network. It's made a change to how your friends' profiles appear when you're browsing them on mobile: Now, instead of a Message icon in the row of buttons beneath the profile picture, there's a new button with a familiar name: the Poke. Read more...