10-word challenge: John gives away a Paper Towns paperback a day for his favourite 10-word comment (2009)
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2009-09-28)
To mark the Paper Towns paperback in September 2009, John gave away one copy a day for 14 days to his favourite 10-word comment on YouTube or the Ning, later also accepting Paper Towns videos and songs. After the first three days he named four winners.
Part of: Paper Towns paperback release (2009)
Parts: John asks viewers to leave 10-word comments on YouTube or the Ning to win Paper Towns paperbacks (2009) · John: read all the 10-word comments in a special video (2009) · John asks Nerdfighters to make Paper Towns videos or songs for the paperback contest (2009) · John: announce the 10-word challenge contest winners on Friday (2009)
About: Paper Towns, YouTube, Nerdfighter Ning
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-09-08 | launched | John launches a giveaway of one Paper Towns paperback a day for 14 days to his favourite 10-word comment on YouTube or the Ning; the overall favourite wins an extra prize. | My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) 00:01:36 |
| 2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) | rule change | John adds Paper Towns-related videos and songs to the giveaway, alongside 10-word comments. | Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) 00:02:51 |
| 2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) | milestone | John announces four winners from the first three days of the contest, saying he has more than 14 books, and reads their comments. | Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) 00:03:20 |
| 2009-09-28 | outcome | John announces the last ten Paper Towns paperback winners: a song-challenge winner chosen from many great songs, and nine 10-word comment winners. | Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters 00:01:40 |
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-09-08 · My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) — announcement: John: To celebrate, John will give away one Paper Towns paperback a day for 14 days to his favourite 10-word comment on YouTube or the Ning. — 00:01:36
- 2009-09-08 · My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) — announcement: John says he will read all the comments in a special video, and his favourite comment overall will win an additional prize he shows. — 00:01:36
- 2009-09-09 · Television Crime Shows Suck — ask: Hank reminds viewers that leaving John's favourite 10-word comment of the day wins a free Paper Towns paperback. — 00:03:20
- 2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) · Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) — announcement: John expands the paperback giveaway to Paper Towns-related videos and songs as well as 10-word comments, and admits he has more than 14 books. — 00:02:51
- 2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — announcement: John says he needs 15 copies of the paperback by Friday (25 September 2009), when he will announce the winners of the 10-word challenge contest. — 00:01:45
- 2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — John: Reading a lolspeak comment built on a Woody Guthrie line he used in Paper Towns, John says Guthrie could not have imagined it. (playful) — 00:02:18
- 2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — announcement: John says there were more than 15,000 entries, a 1 in 1,000 chance of winning, apologizes to non-winners and hopes they still consider getting the book. — 00:02:18
- 2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — John plays part of the winning Paper Towns song, whose lyrics describe someone hiding in a paper town for weeks. — 00:03:04