:-) and :-( two of the most popular and commonly used emoticons in the internet world today. Known as the first ASCII-based smiley emoticon, they were created by Scott Fahlman as he thought it would help to distinguish between posts that should be taken humorously and those of a more serious nature.

And since this first emoticon came in the 1982, people around the world use them on a regular basis, be it to chat, mail or message.