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 .
16-year-old developer `` Rickrolls '' Twitter 's Vine app . Teen posted three-and-a-half-minute video to site that allows only 6-second clips . He removed the video at Twitter 's request , but the Web already took notice . Rickrolling is a bait-and-switch joke spawned in 2007 on 4chan .