Have you ever been poked on Facebook and wondered exactly what it meant? Well, in this article, we will see the meaning of a Facebook tap. It may mean a lot more than you think.
Every time I go into Facebook, I see a small part of the screen that says that people have poked me. Facebook claims that a touch can be used “to say hello” to your friends. So I see this tapping feature on Facebook as a way for my friends to say, “Hi, I’m thinking of you and I miss you.”
So I think a push feels pretty good.
After receiving a touch, you have the option to return it. This could be translated as a way of saying, “Thank you for thinking of me. I feel the same.”
However, this is just the superficial meaning of a Facebook tap, but if we dig deeper, we can find that a Facebook tap means much more.
Such was the case with my friend Bob.
Bob recently asked me, “Richard, what does a touch of Facebook mean to you?”
I said, “It’s an acknowledgment, a friend saying hello.”
He stated that sometimes it can mean much more and proceeded to tell me a story.
A long time ago, Bob had been good friends with a girl named Alexandra. Alexandra and Bob often took their relationship beyond the level of friendship, but it never blossomed into a full-fledged relationship. So, after a while, Alexandra met someone and ended up marrying this man and she invited Bob to the wedding.
As happens when people lead different lives, Bob and Alexandra stopped communicating with each other pretty quickly and then didn’t at all. In fact, five years passed without really speaking to each other.
And then Bob got a Facebook poke from Alexandra out of the blue. After not communicating for five years, Alexandra suddenly started communication.
Bob wondered about this sudden touch of Facebook. Was this just an acknowledgment or was there something else to the story?
Well, it turns out that after Bob checked out Alexandra’s Facebook profile, she was single again. Bob decided to push her back and see where things led.
In the end, Bob and Alexandra started dating and now have plans to get married.
So while a Facebook tap is often just an acknowledgment, sometimes it can say so much more!