Catch Phrases or quirky online habits?

[Stephen]

"lol" "<.< >.>" I am guilty of those...stole the darting eyes from a certain online friend of mine... >.> I also use the little \m/ rock on sign.

[Ashley]

XD, XP, =P, and ^^ <.< >.< >.> are all standard for me online. I think online too I'm a little less serious than I tend to be in real life.

plus there's the joy of acting out fragments in asterisks, which obviously would make no sense if you were to *read aloud*