I never used to use exclamation marks in written conversation, but now I do!
Also, the Internet has somewhat invented written conversation. Before this, the best you could do to simulate real-time, smooth-flowing conversation was like, passing notes back and forth during a class when you couldn't otherwise talk.
What is Quantz? Google has given me several different things as top results, leaving me curious.
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Fame is but a slow decay.
-Theodore Tilton
Dino Comics
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"...you should try reading my posts being getting all emo." --FoxMetal
Man between that and Homestuck my internet communication style has really broken down
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Was it a car or a cat I saw?
Mark: http://qwantz.com
Dinosaur Comics has influenced how I write, too, but more in terms of sentence structure, vocabulary, and… CAPITALIZATION than punctuation. I've still ticked off about people who abuse exclamation points unironically.
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Jordan, quoting Genesis 2:18: "It is not good for man to be alone."
Fred: "in genesis noah also put two of every animal on a boat when he was 600."
You would be ticked off wouldn't you?!!!!!
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"...you should try reading my posts being getting all emo." --FoxMetal