"Feels forced, like if someone says 'haha,' what they mean is, 'that isn't actually that funny.'" "Such a blah response. It's what I say to someone when I'm trying to end the conversation." "If it's ...

Are you an "LOL"-er or a "haha"-er? Or maybe you're the king of "hehe's" or the queen of smiley-face emoji. A new Facebook study shows that your way of expressing laughter on social media may have to ...

Even if your conversational partner can’t hear you laughing or see you smiling, it’s important to express your appreciation of a joke or a funny story. The many popular options can be boiled down into ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO — LOL had a good run.According ...

SAN FRANCISCO — LOL had a good run. According to new research by Facebook, LOL’s dominance is coming to an end. The classic Internet slang term, which stands for “laugh out loud,” has been replaced by ...

There's a deceitful act I've been engaging in for years—lol—but it wasn't until recently, while texting a massive rant to a friend, that I became aware of just how bad it is. I'd just sent an ...

The most common laugh on Facebook is 'haha', surpassing various 'emoji', 'hehe' and 'lol', a new study on e-laughing has found. The most common laugh on Facebook is ‘haha’, surpassing various ’emoji’, ...

We’ve all been in that awkward situation where someone you sorta know texts something sorta funny and you’re not really sure how to respond. Maybe you start typing, then you delete, then you panic ...

Last week I sent a text message to a friend. A Hollywood business meeting I had high hopes for had been suddenly “postponed.” “Everybody canceled except me,” I texted. She texted back, “Haha.” What’s ...

Whether it's over a grumpy puppy or an adorable wallaby, people love to laugh at things on Facebook. But it turns out not everyone laughs online in the same way. A new study from Facebook compared how ...