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Thirty Years of Emoticons

19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E. Fahlman             :-)
From: Scott E. Fahlman <Fahlman at Cmu-20c>


I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:

        

:-)

        

Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark

things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use

        

:-(

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September 19, 2012 in Industry Commentary |

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