Collecting etc. What is with all the poking. I dont get it. Whats poking got to do with collecting

[Trueblue1968]

[pansypoo53219]

1. well, i post it cause my estate sale posts get removed.

[TommyT139]

4. Thanks for explaining

Honestly the most I could ever guess, because the variety of named items has been so wonderfully diverse, I imagined it could be a coded message to non-DU-members, who can read it because the site is open to anyone reading. Like in spy movies!

Alas, as usual, the truth of the matter is far more mundane.

[mtngirl47]

2. I just assumed that if you collected whatever types of items

then you could contact that person directly instead of thru ebay or etsy.

And the other assumption in my mind was that by saying "poke me" they were somehow getting around any DU rules.

[Scrivener7]

3. I think an invitation to poke is to try to make a sale.

[Trueblue1968]

5. Thanks for explaining. My opinion is there is too much poking here and to remove poking posts

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Just my opinion..... The reason for this discussion group is to talk about stuff --- not make eBay sales.

[Vinca]

6. I agree. It's been keeping me away from this forum. Isn't there a forum just for selling?

[quaint]

7. Poke me has an older meaning.

An invitation to a "service" rather than purchase an object. That's what I thought it was code for.