Do you think the word "lol" is being overused?

it becomes a habit I hate it now, I’ve heard it so much that instead of laughing at a joke a friend told me I said ‘lol’ IN REAL LIFE, ahh it is a curse ban LOL, =~D LOL

I think that inserting a smiley would do better than lol…

perhaps you’re right with the smiley but in a lot of programs that takes a lot more effort the just lol especially since peoples fingers and thumbs have been trained to do that as quickly as typing their own name!

I have to admitt I dont say it out loud though! I havent gotten that bad yet

Well, considering it was very tempting to start this letter with “lol” I would guess so. It has become almost habbit for me to use and it somewhat of a generic response. It tends to be used when someone doesnt know what else to say, or had a light gigle, but I dont think that LMAO is a better response or anything like that. There needs to be a slightly lighter reaction phrase thing (whatever you want to call it.) I am curious what you use instead?