When Japanese people type...

[Fushichou]

I have noticed that when some of them leave comments on internet videos, etc., that there are excess "w's" in the text.

Why?

[quethiril]

I think it stands for "warai" (laugh)?

[Assassin]

From what I read from certain translators, when they say...

"<insert text here> wwww"...

I think it stands for "warai" (laugh)?

Yeah. Kinda equivalent to our version of it: "LOL."

[Krikit]

面白いでしょ？ｗ

[mewarmo990]

Yes, "wwwww" is the equivalent of "lol", but for a different reason than you think.

The string of W's look like the "ha" katakana (ハ) so it would be "hahahaha" or "ハハハハハ"

[onizuka-gto]

分かりません！ wwwwwwww

[b0mb3r]

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[Darklor]

Hmm I think its somehow strange since they will have a least two \ / to much with w's why not use Λ instead of w? To obscure? ΛΛΛΛΛ

[joay_b]

Probably because it takes only one key to form a long string of wwwwwwww. Much more convenient when you're posting from mobile phones.

[Fushichou]

So I came across the use of "b" after a sentence recently. Does anyone know what this means?

[Krikit]

that's a puzzler...O_o

[Akirasav]

So I came across the use of "b" after a sentence recently. Does anyone know what this means?

Do you have some examples?

[Fushichou]

So I came across the use of "b" after a sentence recently. Does anyone know what this means?

Do you have some examples?

Sorry, no. I just spotted it a used several times in a conversation that I didn't even really bother to read.

[onizuka-gto]

typo? :p