Scott Fahlman: The Father and Inventor of Smiley

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Scott Fahlman Smiley

Remember :-) and  :-( sideways smiley symbols? I bet you do!

The use of :-) and   :-( was first proposed by Scott Fahlman, a Research Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

This was back in 1982… and then online bulletin boards or “bboards” are widely used across the Computer Science community. It was like the phenomenon of blogs nowadays.

The Use of :-) and  :-( Proposed

Here is the original message posted by Scott Fahlman on 19 September, 1982:

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