Tatjana Scheffler on Nostr: It did all start with :-) and :-( and the start of these emoticons is widely credited ...

It did all start with :-) and :-( and the start of these emoticons is widely credited to a bulletin board message by Scott Fahlmann in 1982 (where he suggested them as markers of joking or seriousness) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay