rickrolling is banned!?!?!?

lapisi

I saw in someone's signature that rickrolling is somehow breaking the rules, is this true? if so which rule is it breaking?

LunaLovegoodisme

lapisi wrote:
I saw in someone's signature that rickrolling is somehow breaking the rules, is this true? if so which rule is it breaking?

Unless they're an official Scratcher, I don't think you should rely on that. I haven't heard anything about it being banned, and I see lots of projects with rick-rolls in them.

CatsUnited

Rickrolls aren't banned. If there is an exception to that, feel free to tell me about it and I'll do my research into it

tam-the_thinker3000

Rickrolls are never banned, it would offend me if it were banned

dertermenter

No, Rick-rolls are fine as they are harmless.
Maybe it was because the rick roll led to YouTube and not discuss YouTube, which isn’t allowed?

Ihatr

I'm pretty sure rickrolling is actually heavily discouraged as it counts as “Tricking the Community” in some stupid way. I know it's allowed on the best day of the year, though.

mycatisamonkey

no rickrolling is not banned the person who said this is wrong

dogsmakemehappy

Rickrolling is controversial. In some ways, people make ‘platformers’ that then rickroll you, but just linking it in your signature should be fine. I think that the signature in question linked a rickroll, but used a link shortener so A: it didn't convert to discuss youtube, and B: link shorteners are not allowed. However, they are completely allowed on april fools day.

fdreerf

Ihatr wrote:
I'm pretty sure rickrolling is actually heavily discouraged as it counts as “Tricking the Community” in some stupid way. I know it's allowed on the best day of the year, though.

Tricking the community means pretending to be someone you aren't or something like that, not playing an innocent prank.

dogsmakemehappy

fdreerf wrote:
Ihatr wrote:
I'm pretty sure rickrolling is actually heavily discouraged as it counts as “Tricking the Community” in some stupid way. I know it's allowed on the best day of the year, though.
Tricking the community means pretending to be someone you aren't or something like that, not playing an innocent prank.

like making a project that says it's a platformer but is a rickroll

BrowserExtension

I remember that there was a post by Paddle2See that said they were allowed but should be saved for April fools day. They are allowed.

Edit: Here is the link to that post

Last edited by BrowserExtension (March 16, 2021 18:03:54)

mybearworld

Yes. It's allowed. As it's resolved, I'll report to close this - that way, we can maybe get an official answer!

Ihatr

fdreerf wrote:
Ihatr wrote:
I'm pretty sure rickrolling is actually heavily discouraged as it counts as “Tricking the Community” in some stupid way. I know it's allowed on the best day of the year, though.
Tricking the community means pretending to be someone you aren't or something like that, not playing an innocent prank.

Eh, paddle makes the rules

BrowserExtension

mybearworld wrote:
get an official answer!

There already is one though
10th post on this account

Last edited by BrowserExtension (March 16, 2021 18:11:02)

-ShadowOfTheFuture-

According to this post, rickrolls are completely and absolutely banned, and your account will be deleted immediately if you are found rickrolling anyone.

I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist… although I doubt anyone will actually fall for that one.

Edit: in all seriousness, I don't see why they'd be banned; at most, a rickroll is a tiny annoyance.

Last edited by -ShadowOfTheFuture- (March 16, 2021 18:20:21)

mlcreater

-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:
According to this post, rickrolls are completely and absolutely banned, and your account will be deleted immediately if you are found rickrolling anyone.

fdreerf

Ihatr wrote:
Eh, paddle makes the rules

Here's a source that's more recent and supports my claim that rickrolls are allowed except when pretending to be constructive. Might make the post above break the rules.

Ihatr

fdreerf wrote:
Ihatr wrote:
Eh, paddle makes the rules
Here's a source that's more recent and supports my claim that rickrolls are allowed except when pretending to be constructive. Might make the post above break the rules.

Ah, Paddle vs Zach. The new March 8th, 1971.

Anyway, thanks for linking that

Last edited by Ihatr (March 16, 2021 18:21:53)

boncuk18

No, but it annoys scratchers.

Paddle2See

fdreerf wrote:
Ihatr wrote:
Eh, paddle makes the rules
Here's a source that's more recent and supports my claim that rickrolls are allowed except when pretending to be constructive. Might make the post above break the rules.

Yeah, I used to take a harder line on them. My current feeling is more along the lines of what @Za-Chary says. If it's in a signature and somebody clicks on it - then they've learned a valuable lesson about checking links before traveling them. On the other hand, if somebody jumps into a conversation on a topic and pretends to have an answer, but it's the dreaded RR - that's pretty annoying and likely derailing as well. I would probably take action in the second case. I might in the first case - but it's less likely.

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