It’s the digital equivalent of waving at someone from across a crowded room.
And yet a Tennessee woman was arrested last month for “poking” another user on Facebook.
According to an affidavit filed with the Sumner County General Sessions Court on Sept. 25, Shannon D. Jackson of Hendersonville, Tenn., allegedly violated a legal order of protection that had been previously filed against her when she sent a virtual “poke” to another woman on Facebook.
The Facebook poke feature can be used to convey a variety of meanings, including simply saying “hi” to friends, according to Facebook. When you poke someone, an alert pops up in the corner of that person’s Facebook page notifying them of your poke.
Although Jackson declined to comment, her lawyer, Lawren Lassiter, told ABCNews.com that his client was “extremely shocked” when the police arrested her.