Now you can ask your Facebook friend to tell you more than they haven’t revealed online. There is a creepy ‘Ask’ button on every information segment left blank by your friends.
If your friend hasn’t chosen a relationship status, for instance, you’ll now be able to ask that they share that information, either publicly or just with you.
The same idea applies if they haven’t specified their college, hometown, current company and location.
Many are interpreting “Ask†as a kind of 2014 update to Facebook’s old Poke button — you know, that ambiguously flirty/annoying feature that let you ping Facebook friends to remind them you exist.
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