I wanted to save that tweet above by @s4xton. Also, I actually wasn’t looking to Rickroll anyone. Really!
I only wanted to make absolutely sure people knew I was JOKING when I twittered a fake headline. Especially because the headline had to do with my coworker’s job (that would be David Brauer, @dbrauer on the Twitter).
Two consecutive tweets hopfully explain this joke:
- Just read “Should @MinnPost run a disclaimer on its gubernatorial coverage?” http://bit.ly/djXZDv by @dbrauer
- Now reading “Should @dbrauer start looking for a new job?” http://bit.ly/98K8eH [careful, that’s the Rickroll link]
David Brauer, MinnPost’s Media critic (read him here), always has the crappy gig of working in the very arena in which he reports. It can get pretty meta sometimes, and Brauer does a very good job. Particularly when he reports on his own employer.
I apologized to my followers who said they clicked on the fake headline link – Not all of the 74 clicks resulted in people yelling at me. Many probably rolled their eyes, closed the browser window, and just unfollowed me. I was truly very sorry. But I do kinda like my screengrab.