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Remember the Facebook “poke” option? It didn’t really seem to serve any discernible purpose, other than allowing old high school acquaintances to wordlessly and creepily interact with you. Facebook sensibly removed this function from its front end several years ago. But it has still been lingering in the background, like a smelly, unwelcome zombie.