Hank asks viewers to comment on, rate and favorite Project for Awesome 2007 videos (2007)
ask · status: reported back · last event: reminder (2016-11-01) · owner: John and Hank
On 17 December 2007 Hank asked viewers to comment on, rate and favorite every Project for Awesome video. The next days the most discussed page of YouTube filled with them, and years later John recalled it as the moment Nerdfighteria tricked YouTube's algorithm into featuring charity videos.
Part of: Project for Awesome 2007 edition: the final Brotherhood 2.0 project (2007)
Told alongside: John asks Nerdfighteria for feedback on changing how P4A 2014 money is divided (2014) · Hank invites viewers to make a Project for Awesome 2007 video (2007) · P4A 2014 edition · Question Tuesday: weekly Tuesday question days for nerdfighters (2007)
About: Project for Awesome, YouTube
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-12-17 | asked | Hank asks viewers to comment a lot on, rate and favorite this and every video with the Project for Awesome thumbnail. | Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies 00:02:38 |
| 2007-12-18 | result reported | John shows that the most discussed page of YouTube is filled with Nerdfighter Project for Awesome videos. (playful) | Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! 00:00:00 |
| 2007-12-19 | result reported | The song reports that Nerdfighters of every age commented the Project for Awesome videos onto YouTube's most discussed page. (playful) | December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube 00:02:03 |
| 2014-11-19 | reminder | John: the P4A started in 2007 with YouTubers making charity videos, when videos were found via the Most Discussed and Top Rated pages, and Nerdfighteria came together to hijack YouTube's algorithm. | The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 00:01:47 |
| 2016-11-01 | reminder | John says the Project for Awesome began in 2007 when Nerdfighteria essentially tricked YouTube's algorithm into featuring videos about charity. (hedged) | BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) 00:00:51 |
What is said about it
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- 2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — ask: Hank asks viewers to comment a lot, rate and favorite this and every video with the P4A thumbnail; if commenting is blocked, refresh and enter the captcha. — 00:02:38