Call the White House Boring on Twitter, Get Rickrolled

While sending a flurry of tweets Wednesday to address fiscal policy, the White House Twitter account took the time to respond to one bored user with a very special, Rickroll-flavored tweet.

This week, the White House kicked off a new Twitter program called “Office Hours,” designed to help U.S. citizens better understand everything that’s been going on with the debt ceiling and deficit reduction negotiations. National Economic Council members Brian Deese and Jason Furman will be answering questions via the White House Twitter all week, responding to Twitter users who care to engage.

Wednesday, Deese, Obama’s economic adviser, took to Twitter, where he apparently was boring the pants off of Twitter user David Wiggs, who tweeted: “This WH correspondence briefing isn’t nearly as entertaining as yesterday’s.”

Deese retweeted the sentiment, then responded: “@wiggsd Sorry to hear that. Fiscal policy is important, but can be dry sometimes. Here’s something more fun: tinyurl.com/y8ufsnp”

Social initiatives like this (the Twitter chat, not the Rickroll) are becoming more and more common with the White House. In fact, President Barack Obama recently held a Twitter Town Hall during which he answered questions about the economy and jobs.