Who was the first person to get Rickrolled?

This is the story of the best internet meme in the world, Rickrolling.

Thanks to Ian Weaver (playing the role of Charles) from Geeks Welcome for collaborating with me for this video. Geeks Welcome released their own Rickrolling video. Be sure to check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu3NAviZIxg

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Sources/further reading:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rickroll
https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/ri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrol...
https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/co...
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...
https://web.archive.org/web/200805011...
https://observer.com/2012/09/meet-sha...
https://www.yahoo.com/video/rick-astl...

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsint...
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/r...
https://meme.fandom.com/wiki/Rick_Roll

An annotated script of this video:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12...

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Rickrolling is a bait and switch prank, almost always using a disguised hyperlink that leads to the music video for Rick Astley’s hit song, “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Usually there is some sort of build up to get you to click on the link. Like, “look who was in the news!” I mean, it’s difficult not to be tempted to click on something like that. So you do, and "Never Gonna Give You Up" welcomes you. Here is the story of how that all got started.