Scott Fahlman.

[WORLDwarQUIFFLE]

He's my hero.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Fahlman

^
He invented & ​

 

[Captain Brain]

Wow, so that's how smilies came to be...

 

[Babyjustrun]

He's now officially on my long list of idols.
Which cannot be disclosed for reasons that cannot be disclosed.

 

[GirlWithSpunk]

That's really cool.
I never knew that.
Yay I learned something new today!

 

[Sue88]

Wow, he is so smart!

 

[Babyjustrun]

Actually.
My hero is the founder of Wikipedia

 

[TinkerTracy]

oh wow. I agree I heart the founder of wikipedia!

 

[BandGeek911]

 

[GirlWithSpunk]

Actually.
My hero is the founder of Wikipedia

The people who post on there though sometimes edit stuff out and make it so that it isn't about true events. Those people are jerks.

 

[EeyoreFan1]

:-(

 

[IrishTink]

Yay smilies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^^
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[PatriotsRule]

Wow, that's so cool! I always wondered how smilies came to be. Like, did a bunch of people just say "Hey, I'm saying something funny, so let's put this!" Now I know.

 

[WORLDwarQUIFFLE]

For some reason this smiley amuses me- :^)

 

[Arielfn93]

That is so cool, I wish I invented smilies, he must be pretty rich