Facebook dusts them off data and shows us how we laugh online. When we laugh online, there are many ways we type it to convey it to the other person. For example, some prefer a simple “lol,” while others use the traditional “HAHAHA.” Of course, there are others who share their laughter with a more modest "hehe". It really depends on the person behind the keyboard.
It seems that, according to recent statistics posted by Facebook research team (WIRED), some types of laughter are associated with specific groups of people.
At study in their study of online laughter, they found that emojis are used more by women to convey laughter than by men.
"Haha" was found to be the most popular way of conveying emotion and that it is used more by men than women.
"hehe" again ranks very low and once again it is found that men use it more although it seems that usesat a marginal level by women as well.
Surprisingly, "lol" does not seem to be as popular as many might think, and it is found to be the least used way to share laughter.
The research team also found that in Seattle, "haha" was the most popular online way to laugh. In Chicago, however, Emojis have proven to be the dominant method, and hehe is widely used in San Francisco.
Phoenix, on the other hand, was found to use "lol" more than the other cities surveyed.
Another Facebook survey, which continues to analyze data collected by learning human behaviors. And if you do not know why this research needs, Facebook knows.