Why do people put a ~ at the end of texts?

[SetGaming]

also it can imply a "quaver" or "giggle"

ohohooo~

[Ad Bot]

[Snoop Da Dogg]

weeaboo stuff

[AcornCake]

am i cool yet~~~~

[Maxwell.]

am i cool yet~~~~

no~

[Obliviongate20]

developer console~

[SetGaming]

developer console~

since you need to use shift wouldn't the developer console be `

[shitlord]

root@linux:~$  _

[Epicduke]

since you need to use shift wouldn't the developer console be `

no you don't?

[Darryl McKoy]

I've seen this used a great many number of ways. I think the explanations in this thread cover most of the usages, but ultimately it depends on the context of the post.

[Obliviongate20]

no you don't?

if you don't hold shift instead of ~ you get `

[Alyx Vance]

No shift = `
Shift = ~

[Refticus]

kawaii~~

[Mr Unicode]

weeaboo stuff

[pefu19]

i always wondered why it doesnt appear until you press a key and if you press 2 it becomes ~~ and its mildly annoying because i need to remove 1 if i need just 1

[Fab]

i always wondered why it doesnt appear until you press a key and if you press 2 it becomes ~~ and its mildly annoying because i need to remove 1 if i need just 1

it's programmed to wait for the letter it is supposed to be placed over.

ex: ã, õ.

if it does something like ~i ~j or ~~ it's because it the version of the letter with a tilde doesn't exists.