2026-07-17 15:21 UTC
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
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@katzentratschen@mastodon.social 2026-07-17 16:04
@tschfflr@fediscience.org I still miss the animated emoticons in GTalk aka Google Talk. Apart from yellowish bubble style and rectangle style emoticons, there were upright typeface style emoticons. You just typed e.g. }:-) and it tilted 90° to the right and its "horns" turned red. https://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/05/google-talk-gadget-with-emoticons.html?m=1