The well tread internet joke that Gawker once called the web equivalent of '80s bait "...NOT" should need no explanation by now. But if your mouse has had a sheltered existence, you can find a text summary of the phenomenon here.
And that's Rickrolling: misdirection from an anticipated link, leading you instead to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up." It's been a web phenomonen for a good year now -- an update on duckrolling -- and is now transcending the internet to be embraced in entirely new and exciting nerd ways. For instance at sporting events (via NYT)...
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And that's Rickrolling: misdirection from an anticipated link, leading you instead to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up." It's been a web phenomonen for a good year now -- an update on duckrolling -- and is now transcending the internet to be embraced in entirely new and exciting nerd ways. For instance at sporting events (via NYT)...
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