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I was watching a live video stream the other day. To my surprise, other
viewers kept flooding the chat with the number eight! My screen kept filling
up with messages like these:

> `８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８８`  
>  `➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇➑➇`  
>  `8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８8８`

What do these messages mean?
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What do repeated ８s mean in internet slang?
As you can see from these references:

  * <http://netyougo.com/twitter/1652.html>
  * <http://www.paradisearmy.com/doujin/pasok_8888.htm>

Streams of the number eight such as `８８８８` represent **applause**. They're
read
[`パチパチ`](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&stype=0&dtype=0&dname=0na&p=%E3%83%91%E3%83%81%E3%83%91%E3%83%81),
the sound of hands clapping together one after another in applause, as in the
phrase `パチパチと拍手する`.

The second reference above also explains the derived slang terms `７７７７` and
`９９９９`, which might be of interest:

  * `７７７７` means that something wasn't good enough to applaud, so it only got `７` instead of `８`;
  * `９９９９` expresses the opposite, that something was even better than `８８８８` would imply.
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