Excessive use of 'lol'

[Holofoil]

I wasn't sure if this should be in the spam thread, since many people probably don't care...

Surely the use of the word 'lol' (laugh out loud if you didn't know) has gone way too far.
I'm not saying I don't use it, I'm guilty of over using it too. I looked at a conversation history with my friend, and counted 128 uses of lol in one conversation (lasting roughly 6 hours).
These days, i think it kind of means "I have read what you just said and I have nothing to say in return so I'll just say lol".
The one thing that irritates me about it is the people who actually use it totally randomly, after about 5 minutes of not typing, just to start a conversation again.
Plus, most of the time they clearly are not laughing out loud. They probably aren't even making any sort expression on their face whatsoever.
But enough of me whining, what do you think?

[Mario]

lol what? i can use lol whenever i want. if you think that its used over excessively then thats your opinion.

[Wootzeh]

i say lol when i cba say nythin interestin

[Nemo]

lol, what u on about. Lol. People these dayssssssss, lol.

Maybe you should chillax about it? Who cares if people over use it.

[Ashley]

These days, i think it kind of means "I have read what you just said and I have nothing to say in return so I'll just say lol".

I use it for this quite a lot, lol.

[GearsOfWar]

Lol, I don't see where you're coming from tbh, lol people say lol because it is shorter then typing "haha" or something, deal with it. LOL

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[bo$$]

I agree that it's used too much but I guess that's just part of the online experience these days.

[Barmi]

"lol" has an incredible influence in our culture nowadays. lol ftw.

[joshuar]

I just say it rather than saying nothing. I put it in capitals when I actually find it funny.

[cocaine]

I'm not saying I don't use it, I'm guilty of over using it too. I looked at a conversation history with my friend, and counted 128 uses of lol in one conversation (lasting roughly 6 hours).

6 hours on msn? :S whattt.

and yeah i only say it if i dont have anything better to say