> I think there really should be a specification for how to annotate humorous comments made on the web. Scott Fahlman is way ahead of you - in 1982 he proposed

> I think there really should be a specification for how to annotate humorous comments made on the web. Scott Fahlman is way ahead of you - in 1982 he proposed [1] an annotation for "attempted humor" - colon-hyphen-right bracket [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emoticon&oldid=1115092314#Use_of_:-)_and_:-(_as_communication_(1982) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emoticon&oldid=11...