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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 htt

• 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.