Haha or LOL? Studies Show How We Represent Laughter On Facebook - http://clapway.com/2015/08/10/haha-or-lol-studies-show-how-we-laughter-on-facebook123/

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

Majority of Parents Joining Social Media Networks, But Not to Spy on Kids - http://clapway.com/2015/07/18/majority-of-parents-joining-social-media-networks-but-not-to-spy-on-kids567/

A new report by Pew shows that social media networks have become vital channels for American parents. And no, not to stick their noses into children’s personal lives.

The report found that moms and dads turn to Facebook for parenting-related advice and social support.

Social media networks: “Connecting Parents”

Parents – 75% of whom use social media – are especially likely to join different social media platforms to give and seek emotional, social and parental advice, the study suggests.

Overall, 74% of parents who use social media get valuable support from their online friends.

Digging into the data, mothers are more likely than fathers to engage their social media networks to respond to good news, or to get support from their peers.

Parents find value in social media

“Social media is broadly viewed as a source of useful information and as one parenting tool among a collection of options,” the authors of the report wrote.

Paradoxically being a parent has never been so difficult, research shows. The report suggests that social media networks have now turned into a one-stop information portal for American folks. One-in-four say they get help from their networks for parenting issues. Most strongly agree that they get useful information via their virtual webs of contacts– mothers in particular.

Private detectives no more

Proof that “the times they are a-changing”, few parents play the “social media police” and say they have felt uncomfortable when information about their children was shared on social media.

Only 11% of all parents have ever asked for content about their child posted by a family member, caregiver or friend to be removed from social media.

Parents love Facebook

Most parents are avid Facebook users. Three-quarter of them use this social media network – 75% log on daily, including 51% who do so several times a day.

They mostly share, post or comment on Facebook as opposed to simply reading or viewing content. A typical parent has only 150 Facebook friends. One-third of them are “actual” friends.

The survey was conducted in September in association with the University of Michigan’s School of Information and was based on a nationally representative sample of 2,003 American adults ages 18 and older.

Are you a parent using social media networks? Share your experience in the comments section below.

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Majority of Parents Joining Social Media Networks, But Not to Spy on Kids