In a discussion of possible solutions, Fahlman off-handedly suggested denoting humorous posts with a text smiley face: :-) And so the first text emoticon was born, 40 years ago today, on Sept.

According to Nirvana lore, late frontman Kurt Cobain created the smiley face logo, but Marc Jacobs eventually filed a countersuit calling that claim into question. Their suit noted that surviving ...