Why do people...?

1. 2.. 3... 4.... 5..... hey thats relaxing

It's a device. It's called ellipsis and is used to indicate when the writer has suddenly had a change in thought or is lost in thought. I generally use it where...

Okay, I'm kidding. I generally use it where the end to the sentence is implied and I want people to think it through without me saying it. Which is a specific case called aposiopesis.

facebook girls use it a lot..it makes you seem like deep in thought......i don't really get it..

maybe that's the number of their gang that they are in like~ this...../\/\/\ or its a habit that some people have and they can't shake it off so they keep doing it.

It gives people a chance to take in the sheer brilliance of what I just wrote before they move on.

I do it all the time...it just shows a pause in my thought process.

I use a lot.........see????.........

i do this all the time... i dont why but i just do...

I've always found three very formal; I use them in papers and letters...
It seems overkill for chat and notes though, that's why I've used two. People probably just see it and use it.

I use 3 not 2...

but I always thought it has to be three periods for a trail off. maybe I've been wrong all this time ...

It's a trail off, how can't you tell?

A half suspense trail? A point not being exclaimed? Fuck if I know. But I hate it with you.