DJ Paige Railstone: Nerdfighters invent a person to see how real she can become (2009)
project history · status: last documented in 2009 · last event: milestone (2009-09-28)
Parts: John asks viewers to send music and art for DJ Paige Railstone (2009)
Told alongside: The brothers' 20Q (20q.net) bit: the AI guesses Hank is Perez Hilton (2009)
About: Paige, 20Q, DJ Paige Railstone, BlogTV, Alan Lastufka, Karen Kavett, Google
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) | proposed | Nerdfighter Paige Harwood proposes that Nerdfighters invent a person and convince 20q.net she is real. | Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone 00:01:08 |
| 2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) | launched | John and other Nerdfighters invent DJ Paige Railstone in a BlogTV room and give her a website, photos, Twitter and Facebook pages. | Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone 00:01:49 |
| 2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) | milestone | Within two days Google suggests Paige Railstone as the first completion for 'Paige'. | Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone 00:01:49 |
| 2009-09-28 | milestone | John reports Nerdfighters have now convinced the bots at 20q.net that Paige Railstone is a real person. (playful) | Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters 00:00:06 |
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
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John and other Nerdfighters, in a BlogTV room, invented DJ Paige Railstone's identity, history and career; Alan made a website, Karen Kavett photos, plus Twitter and Facebook pages. — 00:01:49
- 2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John: The 20Q database is not yet convinced Paige Railstone is real, but John would not put it past the Nerdfighters. — 00:02:18
- 2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John says the point is to find out how real made-up people can become and to remind us we are not innocent bystanders in celebrity: Pattinson has us to thank and blame for his beauty. — 00:02:47