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Why the Number of O's In LOL Matter On YouTube
karthikmns writes "It turns out that Google uses the number of o's in a lol to weigh how funny a video is. In a blog post Google explains how they came up with an algorithm to gauge a video's comedic potential. So if you want to watch funnier videos, make sure to add some extra o's or help them by visiting their Comedy Slam and voting."
From the people that used extra o's in Goooooogle to signal that there are more pages of search results.
I suppose that for certain people, adding o's is the plain text approach to add stars
I hope they are keeping in mind how low the bar is when studying YouTube comments.
Behind every terrifying comment on a youtube video is a member of the youtube audience. The very same audience this rating system is supposed to speak to.
I’ll accept that youtube comment section has such a bad rap that a lot of people who would make intelligent comments don’t bother, but I think in general youtube reminds us that there are a huge number of very unintelligent people out there and they probably make up the bulk of youtube viewership!
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