The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter • Hacker News Board

Re: The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter

#11

Post by brudgers » Mon, Aug 10, 2015, 3:07 AM UTC

The absence of usenet's "MTN" and "ROTFLMAO" made me wistful.

Re: The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter

#12

Post by sho » Mon, Aug 10, 2015, 6:50 AM UTC

Aardwolf wrote: post #3

I'm surprised "lol" is so uncommon... only 1.9%. I see it more often than haha I think... Also no mention of rofl? Or lmao? Or kekeke? Odd... And by emoji, do they mean the Japanese ones? Because smileys and emoticons existed long before emoji... Maybe the facebook users are different than the internet crowd I know (mostly forums).

> Or kekeke

That's perhaps mainly an online gaming thing? My korean friends simply type Kkk. And chinese hihi/哈, thai 555, etc - a regex nightmare to be sure

Re: The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter

#13

Post by CatsoCatsoCatso » Mon, Aug 10, 2015, 8:24 AM UTC

It doesn't say whether Private Messages were analysed, assuming not.

What's frustrating about PMs at the moment on FB is that only on the mobile apps is it easy to use emojis. The smiley-face link on the messenger.com interface & the facebook.com domains only provide a choice of "stickers" (which are awful). So unless you know the keyboard shortcuts off-heart you're stuck using plaintext.

Re: The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter

#14

Post by salas106 » Mon, Aug 10, 2015, 9:29 AM UTC

Very funny. Hihi

Re: The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter

#15

Post by QuantumRoar » Mon, Aug 10, 2015, 1:20 PM UTC

CatsoCatsoCatso wrote: post #13

It doesn't say whether Private Messages were analysed, assuming not. What's frustrating about PMs at the moment on FB is that only on the mobile apps is it easy to use emojis. The smiley-face link on the messenger.com interface & the facebook.com domains only provide a choice of "stickers" (which are awful). So unless you know the keyboard shortcuts off-heart you're stuck using plaintext.

It does say this as a footnote:

   "We limit this study to posts and comments and do not look at direct messages through Messenger."

Re: The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter

#16

Post by QuantumRoar » Mon, Aug 10, 2015, 1:24 PM UTC

Aardwolf wrote: post #3

I'm surprised "lol" is so uncommon... only 1.9%. I see it more often than haha I think... Also no mention of rofl? Or lmao? Or kekeke? Odd... And by emoji, do they mean the Japanese ones? Because smileys and emoticons existed long before emoji... Maybe the facebook users are different than the internet crowd I know (mostly forums).

I'm sad they didn't show how many people use "teeheehee." I don't know when I started that habit but now I'm using it occasionally.

Re: The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter

#17

Post by gyardley » Tue, Aug 11, 2015, 5:55 AM UTC

theoh wrote: post #4

gyardley wrote: post #2

I'd love to know why Wyoming, of all places, appears to use only emoji. Or is this just a lack of data issue in the least populous state?

Yeah, probably a job for De Moivre's equation. I heartily recommend this chapter on it, covers similar geographical effects: http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s8863.pdf

Just finished reading this chapter - a really awesome recommendation, I'll probably buy the whole book. Thanks!