Now we are used to chatting, texting everyday. But in the 90s or early 2000s, this was a very new way and the character limit made people think of ways to abbreviate such as 'lol' for 'laughing out loud' or using keyboard characters to represent Emotion - precursor to emoji later.
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Papworth said: 'In 1992, I did not think the message would become as popular as it is now, as it would create emoji and messaging applications that are millions of users. I just told my kids that I was the first to send the message. Looking back, it was clear that that Christmas message was an important moment in mobile history. '
So a quarter of a decade has passed, messages have now become the dominant mode of communication worldwide.