New: facebook-style Poke module

ChrisKennedy - August 19, 2006 - 07:51

I was in a coding mood tonight so I made a module that implements facebook-style pokes between users, currently displayed on their account pages. Right now you can do regular pokes, return pokes, and hide em. The code's not too pretty at the moment but it appears to work and is pretty fun.

Any comments are appreciated: poke.module.

I know this may seem a silly

desm0n - August 19, 2006 - 08:39

I know this may seem a silly question but what is poking a user and why would it be used ? Sorry i've just never heard of the term :)

I was curious as well, so a

deadhobo - August 19, 2006 - 14:48

I was curious as well, so a little googling later, here is what I ran across:

One of the unique features allows Facebook users to "poke" friends and acquaintances. A note is then sent to the poked with a picture of a pointing finger, informing the recipient of the electronic nudge.

Though simple in theory, the Facebook poke can carry potentially complicated undertones.

"It's underlying sexual tension," said sophomore Brandon DeBaun.

"It's a nefarious euphemism," freshman Michael Reilly agreed.

Odd.

Hehehehe thats certainly

desm0n - August 19, 2006 - 14:55

Hehehehe thats certainly weird. So you basically cyber poke them ? I'm trying to work out a practicle reason to use this module other than utter curiosity now :)

Hats of to the developer though, you've certainly proved original :)

Agreed

ChrisKennedy - August 19, 2006 - 15:34

I don't know how original it can be to copy a feature from faceboo, but thanks :P

Really it's just a silly little feature that doesn't have a huge purpose. I suppose you could say it is another (somewhat random) way for users to interact with one another in an online community.

Well its something else to

desm0n - August 19, 2006 - 16:20

Well its something else to give those pesky users :)

I wonder what happened to

Tim99 - December 2, 2007 - 18:57

I wonder what happened to that module. Is there anything with a similar functionality?

I want to poke someone but

jmai - December 4, 2007 - 06:08

I want to poke someone but this module is not here anymore. Where did it go? Can I poke you ChrisKennedy abt this? *Poke*

=-=

VeryMisunderstood - December 4, 2007 - 06:38

investigate the nudge.module http://drupal.org/project/nudge
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