Mike Masnick | Claude Code Just Rickrolled Me (bsky.app)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by litchralee@sh.itjust.works to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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CLAUDE CODE JUST RICKROLLED ME. I'm working on a project where part of it will involve videos, and in building out the project it created a dummy page, with made up content (relevant to me!) with two video links pretending to be something else and BOTH WERE RICKROLLs.

Note: I'm using a broad definition of "programmer" to include HTML generation, and a broad definition of "humor" that includes Rickrolling. Together, I think this is appropriate for c/programmerhumor. Mods, please remove if not correct.

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[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 weeks ago

People are downvoting but that's still pretty funny even if you hate AI. Like, come on, its really funny that rickrolling has been widespread for so many years that the training data made the LLM spit out that exact YouTube link

[-] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

I very much don't care for AI, but yeah, I posted it because an unexpected Rickroll -- whether from AI or not -- is still as funny as ever.

That said, I'm also aware that Mike Masnick is a recognizable name, of "Protocols, not Platforms" fame, also the person who coined the Streisand Effect, and probably most relevant, is a BlueSky board member (therefore not as interested in ActivityPub), those may be part of the downvotes too. Nevertheless, we take the rough with the smooth.

this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2026

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