Facebook Debuts Feature That Will Change Social Networking As We Know It: Real-Time Pokes!

David Cohen on September 27, 2012 11:58 AM

Never mind upgrading its mobile applications and offering advertisers more options: An intern at Facebook found the pot of gold at the end of the revenue rainbow for the social network: real-time pokes.

TechCrunch reported that Facebook’s pokes page began updating in real-time, so users can instantaneously return the favor when their friends poke them.

The video below features a poke war between Josh Constine and Drew Olanoff of TechCrunch. Can’t you just hear the sound of cash registers ringing?

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