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 ...

Facebook has released a blog post where they have evidence of the fact that e-laughter or the messages passed across online on Facebook favour ‘Haha’ over ‘LOL’. Variants of ‘Haha’ like ‘hahaha’ or ...

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 The classic Internet slang term, which stands for “laugh out loud,” has been replaced by ...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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

So, yes. (Forgive me, Mr. Emerson.) But stop looking at the picture. Look, instead, at the caption Kim appended to her Insta: When you’re like I have nothing to wear LOL. Look, in particular, at that ...

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 ...