Whether you are looking at a ‘laugh out loud’ video on Youtube or your friend’s birthday album on Facebook, everyone loves to go online to have a good laugh. What’s even more interesting, is just how we express our upmost amusement when online.
A new study on Facebook compared how often people use the popular terms “lol,” “haha,” “hehe,” or an emoji (also known as e – laughs) to represent laughter. It may be no surprise to hear that the most obvious sounding “haha”, and similar variations such as “hahaha” and “haaaaaahaaaa” came out on top. “Haha” is reportedly used around 51.4% of the time, while a simple “lol” was voted as being used just 1.9% during online conversations. The recent rise in emojicons was also evident in the findings, with them being used over 30% of the time online. “Hehe” scored less than 20%.
MEN USE HAHA MORE OFTEN THAN WOMEN
The researchers at Facebook studied anonymous posts from the last week of May 2015 and found that 15 percent of people on Facebook included some sort of laughter in a post or comment. While 52 percent stuck to the same expression, around 20 percent switched between two different variations. The majority of men were found to use “haha” most frequently while women were more inclined to use emojis to express their laughter, as well as using the term “lol” in conversations.
CHICAGO LOVE THEIR EMOJIS
The expression of laughter on Facebook also varied depending on the location of the user. Emoji use was the highest in Chicago, Illinois. The areas that used “lol” the most were Seattle and San Francisco. “Lol” wasn’t the preferred or most frequent expression of laughter for any city on Facebook, but in Phoenix, Arizona it was reportedly used the most.
15 PERCENT OF PEOPLE USED AT LEAST ONE E-LAUGH THAT WEEK
According to the Facebook study, roughly 15 percent of those analysed used at least one e-laugh. Other findings stated that 46 percent of the group only posted one laugh during the week and 85 percent of them posted fewer than five laughs. The study also analyzed the different kinds of laughs that people used and found that 52 percent used a single type of laugh.
Laughter is great both online and offline. It is good exercise too. Whether you are prone to an emoji or two, a simple “lol” or a “hahahaha”, make sure you keep it up. A day with laughter is the best kind.
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Haha or LOL? Studies Show How We Represent Laughter On Facebook
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