#TodayInHistory: In 1982, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University named Scott Fahlman, became the first person to use the smiley ":-)" and sad face ":-(" emoticons on the internet.
He now regrets doing it.
@GaryPoole minor nitpick: We were using 'em on BBSes and network-connected mainframes for years prior. They were going to spill over.
@GaryPoole 😄