Why the Number of O's In LOL Matter On YouTube

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Why the Number of O's In LOL Matter On YouTube

Posted by samzenpus on Friday February 10, 2012 @04:05AM from the laugh-a-little-louder dept.

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."

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so by masternerdguy · 2012-02-10 04:08 · Score: -1, Flamebait

How much does the # of O's in first posts matter?

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1. Re:so by DemoLiter3 · 2012-02-10 04:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Not much. On Slashdot, only the number of digits in your user ID matters, you 7-digit noob.
2. Re:so by stjobe · 2012-02-10 04:19 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I'll fill in the 5-digit spot; waiting for the 4-digit reply.
  
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3. Re:so by MoOsEb0y · 2012-02-10 04:19 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  4 digits as requested.
4. Re:so by leonardluen · 2012-02-10 04:19 · Score: 2
  
  Darn you, now those creepers with exceedingly lower ID numbers are going to start coming out of the woodwork, calling everyone with a higher ID a noob.
5. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:21 · Score: 1
  
  lol umadbro
6. Re:so by OakDragon · 2012-02-10 04:22 · Score: 0
  
  I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo glad you asked that question.
  
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7. Re:so by leonardluen · 2012-02-10 04:23 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  i believe Mr Anonymous Coward qualifies as the 3 digit...is there a 2 digit in the crowd?
8. Re:so by mooingyak · 2012-02-10 04:29 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  3 digits. Not once, but twice! Beat that!
  
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9. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:34 · Score: 1
  
  watch as UID#1 (whichever guy that is) appears and taunts us all
10. Re:so by stjobe · 2012-02-10 04:40 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  UID 1 is CmdrTaco.
  
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11. Re:so by mooingyak · 2012-02-10 04:40 · Score: 1
  
  Oh? On second thought, I'd bet you'd notices oodles of other observables who matter.
  
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12. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:42 · Score: 0
  
  I've been told I'm quite negative. Does that count in this silly game?
13. Re:so by sinator · 2012-02-10 04:49 · Score: 1
  
  Present and accounted for.
  
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14. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:52 · Score: 0
  
  Which has been demoted :(
15. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:53 · Score: -1
  
  You're gonna die soon.
16. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:56 · Score: 0
  
  I have a very big penis.
17. Re:so by somersault · 2012-02-10 05:16 · Score: 1
  
  That would be CmdrTaco. He's probably off doing something more productive, like snorting cocaine from a hooker's buttcrack while coding up a new website.
  
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  which is totally what she said
18. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 05:18 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  EnsnTaco?
19. Re:so by everett · 2012-02-10 05:30 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  noob
  
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20. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 05:52 · Score: 0
  
  Not much, but if you write a frosty that says "Why?" in the subject and body, you will be modded +5 insightful.
21. Re:so by instagib · 2012-02-10 05:55 · Score: 1
  
  In his case, the correct designation is "nooooooob".
22. Re:so by calc · 2012-02-10 05:59 · Score: 1
  
  Darn noobs get off my lawn! ;-)
23. Re:so by calc · 2012-02-10 06:01 · Score: 1
  
  Though probably not until after me, as mine is lower.
24. Re:so by hipsternoob · 2012-02-10 06:21 · Score: 1
  
  Not much. On Slashdot, only the number of digits in your user ID matters, you 7-digit noob.
  Having a low UID is so mainstream.
25. Re:so by Mike · 2012-02-10 06:30 · Score: 2
  
  Lower 4 digit number, as not requested.
26. Re:so by Per+Wigren · 2012-02-10 06:46 · Score: 1
  
  See sig.
  
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27. Re:so by Xacid · 2012-02-10 06:51 · Score: 1
  
  Orly? Ordinarily oodles of observables remain on other oceans, but only other oodles of offensive observables outright outcry outrage oftenly.
  "Ouch!" The other-other oodles of observables open their orifices to own up owing to the oncoming ornery old officer's outrage (and his ostensibly outlandishly obelisk!).
28. Re:so by jamiesan · 2012-02-10 07:10 · Score: 1
  
  LL
29. Re:so by kdawson+(3715) · 2012-02-10 07:17 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Hey guys - let me assure you- though Rob isn't on Slash Dot anymore he is still "with us in spirit". As a matter of fact he is right here in my living room naked, drugged out of his mind and chained to a brick colum. JUST KIDDING. ;)
  
  -KD
30. Re:so by JTsyo · 2012-02-10 07:37 · Score: 1
  
  At least there'll be less than 10K of them.
31. Re:so by Ol+Biscuitbarrel · 2012-02-10 07:38 · Score: 1
  
  This from a guy with hundreds of "submissions." o:
32. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 07:44 · Score: 0
  
  Darn you, now those creepers with exceedingly lower ID numbers are going to start coming out of the woodwork, calling everyone with a higher ID a noob.
  noob
  Since (as we were reminded earlier in this thread), Anonymous Coward is actually user ID 666, does this mean I can pull rank and call *you* a noob just by ticking "post anonymously"? ;-)
33. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 08:07 · Score: 0
  
  Too bad CmdrTaco died :(
34. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 08:25 · Score: 0
  
  Not sure if it counts if it is posted by a cron job launching perl script grepping /. for /u(ser +)?ID/ig
35. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 08:36 · Score: 0
  
  Darn you, now those creepers with exceedingly lower ID numbers are going to start coming out of the woodwork, calling everyone with a higher ID a noob.
  Not to mention exploding behind your back.
36. Re:so by Aighearach · 2012-02-10 09:03 · Score: 1
  
  noob!
37. Re:so by grim-one · 2012-02-10 16:31 · Score: 1
  
  Too late. The FBI are on their way. I think the TSA tipped them off.
38. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 17:12 · Score: 0
  
  As long as the nice man leaves it in your ass, sure.
Amazing by gmuslera · 2012-02-10 04:08 · Score: 4, Insightful

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
1. Re:Amazing by Golddess · 2012-02-10 07:12 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Excellent post! Would read again! AAAAAAAAAA++++++++
  
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Little old lady? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:09 · Score: -1

Why would someone posting Little Old Lady have anything to do with how funny something is?
Of course it matters by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:09 · Score: 5, Informative

If you're over the age of 13 and you use more than one "O", you should kill yourself.
1. Re:Of course it matters by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:53 · Score: -1
  
  You're a faaaaaaaaaaaag
2. Re:Of course it matters by UninformedCoward · 2012-02-10 05:02 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  If you're over the age of 13 and still use "LOL", you should kill yourself.
3. Re:Of course it matters by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 05:12 · Score: 0
  
  I'm dead!
4. Re:Of course it matters by tunapez · 2012-02-10 05:15 · Score: 2
  
  If you're over 13 and replace your O's with 'u' and throw a 'z' on for plural goodness, you must be L337!
  
  And Goog has already blocked your content from their search results.
  
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5. Re:Of course it matters by somersault · 2012-02-10 05:22 · Score: 1
  
  TrololololoLOL
  
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  which is totally what she said
6. Re:Of course it matters by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 05:32 · Score: 0
  
  *BANG*
  FTFY
7. Re:Of course it matters by TheRealMindChild · 2012-02-10 05:33 · Score: 1
  
  SpongeboooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB! Get back to work!
  
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8. Re:Of course it matters by antdude · 2012-02-10 06:08 · Score: 1
  
  looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool And I am way over 13. [grin]
  
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9. Re:Of course it matters by sakdoctor · 2012-02-10 06:12 · Score: 1
  
  If you use "LOL", you should kill yourself.
10. Re:Of course it matters by thetoadwarrior · 2012-02-10 06:25 · Score: 1
  
  looooooool
11. Re:Of course it matters by Twinbee · 2012-02-10 06:25 · Score: 1
  
  Okay, but then how else are we supposed to indicate the magnitude of the laugh? However childish it seems, the number of Os specify a rating system, which is actually quite a high order concept, and it's used subconsciously without the writer even knowing it.
  
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12. Re:Of course it matters by littlebigbot · 2012-02-10 06:28 · Score: 1
  
  If you still use "L337" you must be old.
13. Re:Of course it matters by TheDarkMaster · 2012-02-10 06:58 · Score: 1
  
  Any last words, before i turn on the death ray? :-)
  
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14. Re:Of course it matters by antdude · 2012-02-10 07:14 · Score: 1
  
  :D
  
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15. Re:Of course it matters by dubbreak · 2012-02-10 07:35 · Score: 1
  
  ur a faaaaaaaaaaaag
  FTFY
  
  If you are going to troll, do it right at least. 'your' (no capitalization) would have been acceptable as well.
  
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16. Re:Of course it matters by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 07:49 · Score: 0
  
  No matter how many "a"s you use in that word, you're still the same amount of stupid.
17. Re:Of course it matters by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 07:56 · Score: 1
  
  Don't be stupid; It's an acronym.
  As other people are pointing out even now, adding more "out" to your laughing doesn't increase the intensity at all.
  There's already a well established rating system for Internet hilarity.
  lol rofl roflmao
18. Re:Of course it matters by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 08:29 · Score: 1
  
  lulz; I agree.
19. Re:Of course it matters by Aighearach · 2012-02-10 09:06 · Score: 1
  
  We've been lol since the 80s, what year did you think we were going to stop?? rofl
  Get off my lawn before you get macro bombed.
20. Re:Of course it matters by mordenkhai · 2012-02-10 09:15 · Score: 1
  
  Where doe the ROFLCopter come in though?
21. Re:Of course it matters by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 09:57 · Score: 0
  
  If you tell people on the internet that they should kill themselves over your pet peeves you should k- I mean grow the fuck up.
22. Re:Of course it matters by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 10:27 · Score: 0
  
  Hah, if you're over the age of 13 and still laugh, you should kill yourself! Then go find a job and work hard like the rest of us.
  Grhmrhm... youth these days. GET OFF MY LAWN!
23. Re:Of course it matters by chromas · 2012-02-10 10:44 · Score: 1
  
  Wherever a joke flies overhead, a woooosh ROFLCopters by.
24. Re:Of course it matters by mark-t · 2012-02-10 11:09 · Score: 1
  
  Quantity of exclamation points, perhaps?
  
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25. Re:Of course it matters by Twinbee · 2012-02-10 11:24 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, I guess that's no worse.
  
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26. Re:Of course it matters by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 11:57 · Score: 0
  
  But when people who type "LOL" didn't actually laugh out loud (which is most of the time), what is it measuring the magnitude of? Not laughing out loud?
  And really, why do you need a rating system for laughing (or not laughing)? Maybe it's so you know if they simply laughed out loud (LOL), or if it was so funny you made them roll on the floor laughing (ROFL), etc. Any kind of imagined need to define a level-1 laugh, level-2 laugh, etc. is just stupid.
  I prefer LQTM (Laughing Quietly To Myself). It's more honest.
Recipe by LostCluster · 2012-02-10 04:10 · Score: 1

Take the comedy up for votes focus of FunnyOrDie, mix in the everybody voting on everything of Digg and use the expanding O's in Google and the result is???
1. Re:Recipe by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:22 · Score: 1
  
  Take the comedy up for votes focus of FunnyOrDie, mix in the everybody voting on everything of Digg and use the expanding O's in Google and the result is???
  Reddit.
Well slashdot obviously isn't funny by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:11 · Score: 0

The obvious comment was to respond 'Looooooooooooooooool!', but Slashdot's robotic speech Nazi won't allow it.
1. Re:Well slashdot obviously isn't funny by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:19 · Score: 0
  
  Loooooooooooooooool!
2. Re:Well slashdot obviously isn't funny by Dan+Dankleton · 2012-02-10 04:38 · Score: 1
  
  In Soviet Slashdot, site LOLs you.
LOOOOOOOOOO... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:15 · Score: 0

...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
This is now the funniest Slashdot comment in history.
1. Re:LOOOOOOOOOO... by X0563511 · 2012-02-10 05:19 · Score: 1
  
  Filter error: That's an awful long string of letters there.
  Filter error: ... It's like YELLING.
  Filter error: I hate you.
  
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This is truly a first... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:15 · Score: 0

This must be the first time I've seen an algorithm pulled directly from the anus of a goat. The idea itself, however, is fool-proof.
Looooooooooooooooooooooooooool.
What *does* LOOL mean? by 91degrees · 2012-02-10 04:15 · Score: 5, Interesting

So, we have loool, lolololol and lollll. The acronyms seem to break. Especially the first one.

Laugh Out Out Out Loud, Laugh Out Loud Out Loud Out Loud Out Loud, and Laugh Out Loud Loud Loud Loud Loud.

I suppose the middle one could be Laugh Out Loud Out Laugh Out Loud Out Laugh, or possibly the recursive Lololol Out Loud (where Lololol is Lolol Out Loud and Lolol is Lol Out Loud),
1. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:18 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  laughing over obscure optical objectivism over Ontario oval, out loud
  It almost makes sense for some odd video of Candian egg jokes.
  looooooool
2. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by yurtinus · 2012-02-10 05:03 · Score: 2
  
  Jot those down - I think you may have just created the lyrics to Justin Beiber's next hit single!
  
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3. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by TheRealMindChild · 2012-02-10 05:35 · Score: 1
  
  Don't you remember porn->pr0n->n0rp? It doesn't have to make sense.
  
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4. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by MisterSquid · 2012-02-10 06:13 · Score: 1
  
  LOL is short for laugh out loud. L[arbitrary number of O's]L's are visual representations of "long" laugh out louds.
  
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5. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by Xacid · 2012-02-10 06:37 · Score: 1
  
  Maybe it's kind of like Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo. Or however that thing goes...
6. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by jamiesan · 2012-02-10 07:14 · Score: 1
  
  Didn't the original LOL acronym stand for "LOL out loud"?
7. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by Dogtanian · 2012-02-10 07:34 · Score: 1
  
  LOL is short for laugh out loud. L[arbitrary number of O's]L's are visual representations of "long" laugh out louds.
  Why, thank you Captain Helpful, but I'm sure that the OP (along with everyone else reading) had that figured out already and was simply indulging in some playfully pedantic tongue-in-cheek analysis. :-)
  
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8. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by camperdave · 2012-02-10 07:46 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I think it's bager, badger, badger, badger...
  
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9. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by Ol+Biscuitbarrel · 2012-02-10 07:47 · Score: 1
  
  Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
  Here we have Wikipedia at its most absurdly straight-faced. Includes helpful picture of the City of Buffalo, New York, United States.
10. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by kevingolding2001 · 2012-02-10 08:01 · Score: 1
  
  Mushroom mushroom
11. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by MisterSquid · 2012-02-10 08:11 · Score: 1
  
  Why, thank you Captain Helpful, but I'm sure that the OP (along with everyone else reading) had that figured out already and was simply indulging in some playfully pedantic tongue-in-cheek analysis. :-)
  Heh. I know you really meant "whoosh".
  
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12. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by BlackSnake112 · 2012-02-10 08:33 · Score: 1
  
  A snake! a snake!
13. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by Aighearach · 2012-02-10 09:09 · Score: 1
  
  laughing out, laughing out, laughing out, laughing out loud.
  stop making, stop making, stop making, stop making fun of my stutter you insensitive clod!
14. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 14:00 · Score: 0
  
  Lool n. A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.
15. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 18:52 · Score: 0
  
  oooh snake, oooh snaaake, ooooooohh it `s a snaake
16. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 21:09 · Score: 0
  
  mod parent up
LOOOOOOOOL!!!! by in10se · 2012-02-10 04:15 · Score: 1

So LOOOL (Laugh Out Out Out Loud) is as funnier than LOL (Laugh Out Loud)? While the attempt at an algorithm to discover funny videos is interesting, I hope they are keeping in mind how low the bar is when studying YouTube comments.

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1. Re:LOOOOOOOOL!!!! by Anrego · 2012-02-10 04:23 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  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!
2. Re:LOOOOOOOOL!!!! by Baloroth · 2012-02-10 04:27 · Score: 2
  
  Or just the bulk of people who would bother commenting on random totally insignificant videos (i.e. most of Youtube).
  
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3. Re:LOOOOOOOOL!!!! by Xacid · 2012-02-10 06:39 · Score: 1
  
  Only because I was expecting someone else to have already posted this...
  http://xkcd.com/481/
4. Re:LOOOOOOOOL!!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 07:35 · Score: 0
  
  Finally figured out that adblock can block this section of youtube.
5. Re:LOOOOOOOOL!!!! by dissy · 2012-02-10 08:19 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  Iâ(TM)ll accept that youtube comment section has such a bad rap that a lot of people who would make intelligent comments donâ(TM)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!
  There is a FireFox extension called YouTube Comment Snob.
  I believe they have a version out for Chrome as well now.
  It hides comments if they fail a certain number of rules:
  
  * More than # spelling mistakes: The number of mistakes is customizable, and the extension uses Firefox's built-in spell checker.
  * All capital letters
  * No capital letters
  * Doesn't start with a capital letter
  * Excessive punctuation (!!!! ????)
  * Excessive capitalization
  * Profanity
  Ever since I installed that add-on, set to "5 or more spelling mistakes and 4 or more rules fail", most video comment sections average out to 2-3% (That is: 2 or 3 out of every 100 comments) that I can still see.
  It's almost as comical as the comments themselves, except at the end I don't want to slit my wrists as much.
6. Re:LOOOOOOOOL!!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 10:04 · Score: 0
  
  reminds us that there are a huge number of very unintelligent people out there and they probably make up the bulk of world
  
  oblig. Fixed that for ya
Stand back... by zrbyte · 2012-02-10 04:17 · Score: 1

... Google knows regular expressions! :)
1. Re:Stand back... by X0563511 · 2012-02-10 05:21 · Score: 1
  
  Indeed. Google should detect these mangled 'lol' instances and replace them with a statement that reads to the effect of "I am a raging idiot, so I tried to put too many O's in my LOL."
  
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Of course O's matter... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:18 · Score: 1

Brought to you by Marky Mark's older brother (and NKOTB):
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh the right stuff.
1. Re:Of course O's matter... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 11:15 · Score: 0
  
  OOOOOMG! I loooooove NKOOOOOOOOOOOTB!!
April fools already? by eggsurplus · 2012-02-10 04:18 · Score: 1

...
LOOOOOOOzer by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:19 · Score: 0

OMGWTFLOL
What's the point of this story? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:19 · Score: 0

Slashdot: "We like stories".
What about alternative spellings ? by unity100 · 2012-02-10 04:20 · Score: 1

like "lul", "lulz" or "lullaz" ? or "lolzors", for that matter ?

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1. Re:What about alternative spellings ? by MagicM · 2012-02-10 04:25 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Anybody who's anybody knows that the ultimate lol is the ROFLCOPTER.
2. Re:What about alternative spellings ? by bickerdyke · 2012-02-10 04:59 · Score: 1
  
  No one wants to factor in the comments of those lamers who think they're l33t.
  
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3. Re:What about alternative spellings ? by HapSlappy_2222 · 2012-02-10 05:27 · Score: 1
  
  Way to ROFLSTOMP the discussion.
4. Re:What about alternative spellings ? by idontgno · 2012-02-10 05:28 · Score: 1
  
  I'm trying to cut down my comic carbon footprint, so I only use lollerskates.
  
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5. Re:What about alternative spellings ? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 11:08 · Score: 0
  
  What about the LOLACAUST?
Bad vs. Baaaaaaad by khr · 2012-02-10 04:26 · Score: 1

This isn't unlike an episode of Elvira's Movie Macabre from the 80's where between scenes of some bad horror movie she was asking a guest to comment on the ghetto slang used. He explained the difference between "bad" and "baaaaaad" that "bad" means bad and "baaaaaad" means good.
His example was funny. "The movies you show are bad, but your cleavage is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!"
I'd like to buy a vowel! by Qzukk · 2012-02-10 04:26 · Score: 1

_OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO_
Uh, hmm... can I buy an E?

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1. Re:I'd like to buy a vowel! by NotBorg · 2012-02-10 06:36 · Score: 1
  
  Hyperboleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee to the rescue!!!!!
  
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Gmail Too by SJHillman · 2012-02-10 04:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Google also measures the numbers of X's and O's in your emails to determine how much you love your mother.
1. Re:Gmail Too by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:39 · Score: 0
  
  Google also measures the numbers of X's and O's in your emails to determine how much you love your mother.
  Thank god for Safe Search. The last thing I need to see is you loving your mother.
2. Re:Gmail Too by JohnnyBGod · 2012-02-10 05:13 · Score: 2
  
  That immediately reminded me of this.
3. Re:Gmail Too by Sir+Holo · 2012-02-10 05:17 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Mod this commenter up. A++++++! Will buy from again.
4. Re:Gmail Too by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 05:20 · Score: 0
  
  What is an appropriate number of XOs to send ones mother anyway?
Length isn't everything... by defnoz · 2012-02-10 04:31 · Score: 5, Funny

I think they've got the relationship wrong. The number of 'o's is inversely proportional to the IQ of the target audience.
1. Re:Length isn't everything... by Johann+Lau · 2012-02-10 04:36 · Score: 1
  
  ex-fucking-actly.
2. Re:Length isn't everything... by Hatta · 2012-02-10 05:24 · Score: 1
  
  I think they've got the relationship wrong. The number of 'o's is inversely proportional to the IQ of the target audience.
  And directly proportional to their proximity to a cat.
  
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3. Re:Length isn't everything... by Mitreya · 2012-02-10 06:00 · Score: 1
  
  The number of 'o's is inversely proportional to the IQ of the target audience.
  
  You laugh, but this is certainly part of the consideration. If you are looking for popularity, you want the lowest-denominator popularity, not just something with unique or niche-targeted humor.
4. Re:Length isn't everything... by JTsyo · 2012-02-10 07:42 · Score: 1
  
  There's truth to this. Chances are a video that's been marked funny due to long LOLs will probably not be of my taste. Unless it's a clip of someone getting hit in the balls, that's to everyone's taste and the Springfield Film Festival has proven.
Wait by eternaldoctorwho · 2012-02-10 04:34 · Score: 2

So "lawl" doesn't count? Or "lal"?
Data would be so disillusioned... (Brownie points if you get the reference!)
It would seem there can only be one "O" by ravenscar · 2012-02-10 04:35 · Score: 1

in "LOL". If any additional "O"s are added it ceases to be "LOL" and turns into something else.
On a side note, I always thought that true expression of 'super funny' is to leave the last "L" off "LOL". "Laughing out" is like "bleeding out" but with laughing. If that doesn't convey just how out of control your laughter is nothing will.
1. Re:It would seem there can only be one "O" by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:49 · Score: 0
  
  Levels of funny
  heh - barely a laughter sound
  lol - laughing out loud
  rfol - roll on floor laughing
  That covers most basis. This post has been bought to you by the online laughing committee. Ensuring laughing is properly portrayed online one laughter at a time.
2. Re:It would seem there can only be one "O" by yurtinus · 2012-02-10 05:05 · Score: 1
  
  I prefer
  
  BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
  
  But I can't use it often on slashdot, it's too much like yelling.
  
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I have only one thing to say to this by Hentes · 2012-02-10 04:35 · Score: 1

Next we needed an algorithm to rank these funny videos by comedic potential, e.g. is “Charlie bit my finger” funnier than “David after dentist”? Raw viewcount on its own is insufficient as a ranking metric since it is biased by video age and exposure. We noticed that viewers emphasize their reaction to funny videos in several ways: e.g. capitalization (LOL), elongation (loooooool), repetition (lolololol), exclamation (lolllll!!!!!), and combinations thereof. If a user uses an “loooooool” vs an “loool”, does it mean they were more amused? We designed features to quantify the degree of emphasis on words associated with amusement in viewer comments.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
1. Re:I have only one thing to say to this by mortonda · 2012-02-10 04:41 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  LL
2. Re:I have only one thing to say to this by masternerdguy · 2012-02-10 04:50 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah the level of retardation being shown in this study is awe inspiring.
  
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3. Re:I have only one thing to say to this by canajin56 · 2012-02-10 04:59 · Score: 1
  
  A typical Slashdot response "anybody who thinks that comments have any connection whatsoever, however loose, to the thing being commented on, is obviously totally retarded".
  
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4. Re:I have only one thing to say to this by cis4 · 2012-02-10 05:03 · Score: 1
  
  LL
  Lint Licker, like in the Orbits gum commercials?
5. Re:I have only one thing to say to this by masternerdguy · 2012-02-10 05:03 · Score: 1
  
  No. Counting the number of o's in lol to calculate a coefficient of funniness is retarded.
  
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6. Re:I have only one thing to say to this by HapSlappy_2222 · 2012-02-10 05:14 · Score: 1
  
  Agreed... what the french, toast? Also, we know all about you and your cootie queen, mortonda.
7. Re:I have only one thing to say to this by Twintop · 2012-02-10 05:28 · Score: 1
  
  LL
  Laughing Loudly?
8. Re:I have only one thing to say to this by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 05:32 · Score: 0
  
  Lady lover?
9. Re:I have only one thing to say to this by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 05:56 · Score: 0
  
  So are most YouTube commenters, and perhaps users. If your audience is mentally-challenged, you adapt your metrics for that group.
10. Re:I have only one thing to say to this by mortonda · 2012-02-10 14:30 · Score: 1
  
  For those who totally missed the joke, try: LOO^H^HL
No. by Translation+Error · 2012-02-10 04:36 · Score: 1

I flat-out refuuuuse to encourage this asinine trend.

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1. Re:No. by HapSlappy_2222 · 2012-02-10 05:21 · Score: 1
  
  "Holy shit, O, come look at this post!! I was algo-writhing about the tubings, and ran across the most refusing comment the internet has ever seen!! What should I do with it, do you think?"
  
  "Shit, I don't care, U. Give it a higher ranking for searches coming out of Uruguay, or something. Just make sure you catalog it; G won't like it if anything slips through the cracks."
13'000'000'000'000.00 looollipooops of US debt. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:39 · Score: 0

In Quantum Mechanics, $100'000 is an infinitesimal measurement value that is 99.9999% statistically undetectable respecting to the current relative totality of the current U.S. debt of >$13'000'000'000'000.00
JCPM: looolli-pooops!
America are fagets by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:39 · Score: -1

They say "O O O" when faget stick pennis up there faget asshole haha.
How about zeroes? Or case? by HTH+NE1 · 2012-02-10 04:44 · Score: 1

LO0ol

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1. Re:How about zeroes? Or case? by idontgno · 2012-02-10 05:44 · Score: 1
  
  Hva hvis du er norsk?
  løøøl
  
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2. Re:How about zeroes? Or case? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 06:55 · Score: 0
  
  LiKe MENtal CaSeS?
Prior Art by walkerp1 · 2012-02-10 04:44 · Score: 1

That's funny. For years I've used that same method to determine how vacuous a video is.
1. Re:Prior Art by yurtinus · 2012-02-10 05:06 · Score: 1
  
  Prior art only matters if somebody is trying to make a patent claim...
  
  /pedant
  
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  I thought prior art was pentimento.
  Unless it's a guy named Arthur who's waiting to be promoted to Abbot.
  
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Please Lord ... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 04:45 · Score: 1

... let them also estimate the blondness of users by the pinkness of their writing and the number of curvaceous hearts on top of "I"s. Then I can rest at peace ...
Directive 3? by Spykk · 2012-02-10 05:01 · Score: 4, Funny

So google has developed artificial intelligence that is forced to read YouTube comments all day? I wonder how many lines of code it took to keep it from commiting suicide.
1. Re:Directive 3? by w_dragon · 2012-02-10 05:51 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Assuming it's self-learning, after a few days of YouTube comments I'm not sure it would qualify as an 'intelligence' any more.
2. Re:Directive 3? by unitron · 2012-02-10 08:46 · Score: 2
  
  So google has developed artificial intelligence that is forced to read YouTube comments all day? I wonder how many lines of code it took to keep it from commiting suicide.
  Well, now we know the real reason Skynet hates humanity.
  
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3. Re:Directive 3? by allo · 2012-02-10 21:14 · Score: 1
  
  do not forget to add to the fitness-function a term chance-of-this-algorithm-becoming-skynet*over-9000
Is this actually... by Jafafa+Hots · 2012-02-10 05:04 · Score: 5, Funny

... a measure of how funny a video is, or actually a measure of how stupid its viewers are?
Wait, this is YouTube comments, right? I think I just answered my own question.
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1. Re:Is this actually... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 07:02 · Score: 0
  
  We need more sample data.
  Kitty.
  Let the Slashdot commenting sample commence.
2. Re:Is this actually... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 08:11 · Score: 0
  
  ... a measure of how funny a video is, or actually a measure of how stupid its viewers are?
  ... the beginning of that sentence.
Google research is rather shetty by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 05:04 · Score: 0

It says "Posted by Sanketh Shetty, YouTube Slam Team, Google Research". As an actual researcher, I would say this research work is rather shetty.
Hrrm.... by HapSlappy_2222 · 2012-02-10 05:13 · Score: 1

I don't see why Goggle just chooses to count the letter "o" when the number of letter "g"s in a word is just as important. Shrug.
A++ article by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 05:16 · Score: 0

a+++++ great article, so true
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Thanks for the SEO advice, Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 05:26 · Score: 0

LOOOOL, now all they have to do is find the optimal number of 'O's. Surely the Google algorithm wouldn't be fooled by a few thousand of them, and would eventually determine that some number just shy of ridiculous is optimal. Then the SEOs will pick that number. Metric approaches uselessness in... about... Now!
Finally! by ilsaloving · 2012-02-10 05:28 · Score: 1

I'm so glad someone has finally figured out how to extract something of value from some of the idiocy that's on the net.
Similar to... by SkOink · 2012-02-10 05:34 · Score: 1

The Haha Meter

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LOL by CptPicard · 2012-02-10 05:36 · Score: 1

LoOoOoOooOoooOooooOOOooL

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And we have now seen... by Dahamma · 2012-02-10 05:41 · Score: 1

...the origin of the most popular TV show of the 26th century, "Ow, My Balls!"
Same rule applied for football / soccer? by dkleinsc · 2012-02-10 05:48 · Score: 4, Funny

The importance of a score is determined by the number of O's in "Gooooooooooooooooooooal!"

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Searching by loooool by mattr · 2012-02-10 05:50 · Score: 2

"So if you want to watch funnier videos.."
It seems that if you type in a long looooooooooool to google then it will only give you videos with that exact number of o's.
Or at least, it shows search results from long looooooooolz to short looolz
This is getting dumb.
- We need scientific notation for lol, lulz, etc. like lol^50, lulz^150, etc. it's just not elegant now.
- We need a way to tell google to show ALL of them, funniest first. Google: video lol^50 to lol^40 desc
Otherwise what's the point of encoding video this way.
- Diminishing returns... and yet Google can't search beyond around 130 o's.
I calculate the funniest thousand videos or so are locked away from us in the long tail beyond google's search capability!
Google: looooooooool video
10 o's: 875,000 results
20 o's: 209,000
30 o's: 60,900
40 o's: 31,200
50 o's: 10,600
60 o's: 5,220
70 o's: 2,790
100 o's: 1,830
120 o's: 728
unfortunately many more than this and the word is too long and not allowed.
1. Re:Searching by loooool by tunapez · 2012-02-10 06:10 · Score: 1
  
  I'm afraid to click any one of those results...lol.
  
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2. Re:Searching by loooool by wynterwynd · 2012-02-10 06:15 · Score: 1
  
  1. Please stop engineering LOL parameters. It's like using a Fibbonaci sequence to arrange little bags of flaming poop on a doorstep.
  2. Having said that, you might be on to something with LOL notation. However, L(O * 10^8)L will more likely be misinterpreted as some form of bizarre Japanese emoticon involving tentacles and schoolgirl outfits.
  
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I think there's some bias here by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 05:52 · Score: 0

I think on this particular point I'm not going to listen to
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle
Scraping the bottom of the barrel on "signals" by Animats · 2012-02-10 06:27 · Score: 2

Google is scraping the bottom of the barrel on search "signals" here. Originally Google used links as a metric, and those were spammed with link farms. In 2010, they started using more "social signals". Google Places turned into a spam farm, and Yelp filled up with obviously bogus reviews. As Google used more "social" signals, Twitter filled up with spam tweets, Facebook got phony "likes", and a market developed in Google "+1"'s.
Social spam is worse than link spam. With link spam, spammers had to pay to set up and maintain link farms of fake sites. There were ways to recognize link farms. With social spam, the social networks host the fake accounts and their spam for free, and fake accounts are harder to recognize. Google tried a tough "real names" policy for Google+, and had to back down in the face of user and political opposition.
Anything Google uses as a signal gets turned to shit. Social is bad for search, and search is bad for social.
1. Re:Scraping the bottom of the barrel on "signals" by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 08:42 · Score: 0
  
  Turning all sources of information into spam-riddled cesspools is the endgame of the "democratizing" effect of the internet.
Obligatory XKCDs by stonedead · 2012-02-10 07:17 · Score: 1

http://xkcd.com/481/ http://xkcd.com/202/
Did I win? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 07:34 · Score: 0

Look out, our omniscient, omnipotent overload overhead our outragous obsession over ordinary laughter.
Re:ooooooo by TaoPhoenix · 2012-02-10 08:19 · Score: 1

"Geoooooooooooooooge Jetson! Get back to work!"
Honorable mentions:
Captain Kirk: "Khooooooooooooooooooooon"
Loooooooooooooooooooong Cat is Loooooooooooooooong.

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Re:Ur by TaoPhoenix · 2012-02-10 08:22 · Score: 2

There were lots of hot fags in the ancient Mesopotamian City of Ur.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

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Been done by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 08:57 · Score: 0

I did a similar thing by counting the number of smiley faces back in 1991. Post is here: http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups/browse_thread/thread/ae73ac0e54e3641/f1ed4a7b4e37f52a?q=scott+simpson+smiley
Re:ooooooo by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 09:14 · Score: 0

Jetsooooooooooooooooooooooooon! Yoooooooooooooooooouur Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiired!
Oh, for f*ck's sake! by dhart · 2012-02-10 11:45 · Score: 1

OFFS!
So it's LoL's that matter now? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 11:52 · Score: 0

This kind of useless riff-raff makes me a sad panda.
They're funny by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 11:58 · Score: 0

They're funny. Funnier than giggles and goggles.
LLLLOOOLLLLL by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 13:28 · Score: 0

why not look at any word composed only of l and o and count the total letters? what about lmfao, etc?
How LOL is this on Slashdot? by acs.judit · 2012-02-14 22:16 · Score: 1

This should not be here. L0OoO0l! What does a :O count as? Funny or surprising?