14
Apr
2009
Poke.ly Brings Facebook Pokes to Twitter
Some folks will love this, while others will probably think it’s a sign of the impending Twitter apocalypse. Facebook-style pokes have arrived on Twitter, by way of a new service called Poke.ly. Similar to the sheep throwing, virtual drink buying chaos that are Facebook pokes and superpokes, Poke.ly lets you direct any of hundreds of actions at other Twitter users.
To “poke” another user, all you need to do is login to Poke.ly (using Twitter OAuth) and select what type of poke you’d like to initiate – from the mundane like “play tennis with” to the more risqué like “do body shots with” (there are far worse) – and who you’d like to send it to. Read the rest of this entry »
