April Fools’ Day, 2008
On April 1, 2008 (April Fools’ Day) and the following weeks, numerous seemingly uncoordinated instances of rickrolling appeared on the internet, and news media. All of the featured videos on YouTube’s front page hyperlinked to the Rickroll. The prank began with international YouTube portals before appearing on the main site.[21]
Social blog Web site LiveJournal announced on the same day that they would be adding a new member to their Advisory Board, linking members to the journal “rickastley”, which contains a Rickroll.[22]
The website Fark featured a link to a video claiming to be a blooper reel for the Muppets but instead linked to a video of Beaker performing Rick Astley’s song (to a video of him originally performing “Feelings” on The Muppet Show).[23] Other social bookmarking sites such as Digg[24] and Reddit[25] subsequently joined in linking the video.
The online Web store ThinkGeek advertised on their front page a Betamax to HD DVD converter device. In the product page a demonstration video was linked which was, in actuality, a rickroll.[26]
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