16-year - old developer ` Smidlein said he was quickly messaged by a Twitter engineer who asked him to take the video down . ` Rickrolls '' Twitter 's Vine app . Teen posted three - and - a - half - minute video to site that allows only short videos . He uploaded the video at Twitter 's request , but the Web already took notice . Rickrolling is a bait - and - switch joke spawned in 2007 on 4chan .
16-year - old developer ` ` Rickrolls '' Twitter 's Vine app . Teen posted three - and - a - half - minute video to site that allows only short videos . He uploaded the video at Twitter 's request , but the Web already took notice . Rickrolling is a bait - and - switch joke spawned in 2007 on 4chan .