[1] The first commonly used variation of "keysmashing" appeared and possibly first majorly originated from the Turkish internet sphere, where the so-called "random laugh", or "random" (as said in Turkish) has been in use since at least the mid-2000s in online forums, e.g ekşisözlük, to convey and portray a more genuine laughter—implying a user "laughed so hard that they fell on (rolled over) their keyboard".

[3][4] The term is often associated with Stan Twitter users, VSCO culture, and members of the LGBT community, but is not restricted to these groups.

[6][5] Keysmashes that fail to visually appeal to the ones typing them have a chance of being completely rewritten or having a few minor adjustments made (i.e. removing or adding new characters).

[2] Examples of these new patterns can include "gbgdgdhfbhfchd", "akskskdkfjansnf" or "hdhfhdjs", all of which are the effects of users' fingers hovering over the center of smartphone keyboards rather than QWERTY's home row.

Popular instances of these characters can be found in the Turkish and German languages, specifically with special letters such as ß, Ö, Ş, Ç, Ğ, Ü, İ and ı.

Generally, the usage of "ksksks" is similar to that of the usual QWERTY keysmash in that it is often used to express a form of laughter or other unidentifiable emotion.