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I really don't want it to last, I just want to get the award for the man and leave it at that (it would make an excellent "I once did..." type story). I'm quit

by froo 18y ago

I really don't want it to last, I just want to get the award for the man and leave it at that (it would make an excellent "I once did..." type story). I'm quite glad that there is an expiration date on this whole thing to be honest. I'm still thinking about going to the awards, but it could be pricey for a 1 night thing (going to cost me in the vicinity of $5k AUD) But thanks, short, sweet and mostly scripted - I can do that.

bootload 18y ago
"... I'm still thinking about going to the awards, but it could be pricey for a 1 night thing (going to cost me in the vicinity of $5k AUD) ..." 5K would support a lot of development. Don't go, save the money and write a paper on "how" social systems can be hacked. As for appearing on tv, MTV who cares? Rick who?
- froo 18y ago
  you make some good points, although given the way the aussie dollar is crashing, $5k might be like $10.50 USD in a couple weeks..
nose 18y ago
It wouldn't be an "I once did..." story since you didn't create the meme. The history of it is covered in detail here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickroll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickroll
- froo 18y ago
  When did I say I took credit for the rickroll? The story is more like how I helped co-ordinate a large group of people (it will be several hundred thousand people by the time this is done given we're now at 150k) getting an 80's pop star the best act ever award (an award I might add that they probably weren't going to nominate him for given they announced it days before without his name), completely frustrating a major media organisation by getting Astley the vast majority of the votes in the process.... in my spare time. That's a pretty cool story IMO.
  - davidw 18y ago
    It's cool - have fun with it. Not to steal any of the fun from it, but it's been done before. Look up "hank the angry drunken dwarf".
  - iuguy 18y ago
    I hate to burst your bubble but this has been on 4chan since the original MTV vote for nominations was out.
    - froo 18y ago
      yes, I know... and on reddit (which is where I picked up on it) and it originated on the UG forums, this wasn't a question on the origins of the nomination idea, it was on how to deal with the media attention as a result of spearheading the voting effort. I'm not saying, nor have I ever said it was my idea, I've just helped focus the chaos. By the way, I actually know the vote totals so far (from someone at MTV who reached out to me) and can quite comfortably say that the tool on our site has contributed to a significant amount to that number (which I can't disclose), given I know how many we've also done.

by froo 18y ago

bootload 18y ago

"... I'm still thinking about going to the awards, but it could be pricey for a 1 night thing (going to cost me in the vicinity of $5k AUD) ..." 5K would support a lot of development. Don't go, save the money and write a paper on "how" social systems can be hacked. As for appearing on tv, MTV who cares? Rick who?

froo 18y ago
you make some good points, although given the way the aussie dollar is crashing, $5k might be like $10.50 USD in a couple weeks..

nose 18y ago

It wouldn't be an "I once did..." story since you didn't create the meme. The history of it is covered in detail here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickroll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickroll

froo 18y ago
When did I say I took credit for the rickroll? The story is more like how I helped co-ordinate a large group of people (it will be several hundred thousand people by the time this is done given we're now at 150k) getting an 80's pop star the best act ever award (an award I might add that they probably weren't going to nominate him for given they announced it days before without his name), completely frustrating a major media organisation by getting Astley the vast majority of the votes in the process.... in my spare time. That's a pretty cool story IMO.
- davidw 18y ago
  It's cool - have fun with it. Not to steal any of the fun from it, but it's been done before. Look up "hank the angry drunken dwarf".
- iuguy 18y ago
  I hate to burst your bubble but this has been on 4chan since the original MTV vote for nominations was out.
  - froo 18y ago
    yes, I know... and on reddit (which is where I picked up on it) and it originated on the UG forums, this wasn't a question on the origins of the nomination idea, it was on how to deal with the media attention as a result of spearheading the voting effort. I'm not saying, nor have I ever said it was my idea, I've just helped focus the chaos. By the way, I actually know the vote totals so far (from someone at MTV who reached out to me) and can quite comfortably say that the tool on our site has contributed to a significant amount to that number (which I can't disclose), given I know how many we've also done.