Hank asks viewers to make, curate and promote P4A 2011 videos on December 17-18 (2011)
ask · status: reported back · last event: thanks (2012-03-13) · owner: John and Hank
Through November and December 2011 the brothers asked viewers to make, curate and promote charity videos for the Project for Awesome on 17 and 18 December. Afterwards John reported thousands of videos and millions of views, and thanked Nerdfighters for their work.
Part of: P4A 2011 edition
Told alongside: Hank asks viewers to vote at projectforawesome.com for the charities of P4A 2011 videos they like (2011) · Hank asks viewers to donate to the P4A 2011 Fund at projectforawesome.com or fightworldsuck.org (2011)
About: Project for Awesome
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-11-09 | asked | Hank tells viewers they should already be working on ideas for P4A videos promoting charities. | 27 Part Video 00:02:40 |
| 2011-11-28 | reminder | Hank asks viewers to make, curate and promote videos on December 17th and 18th and to clear their schedules. | Stuffed with STUFF! 00:03:24 |
| 2011-12-07 | reminder | Answering viewers, Hank confirms P4A on December 17th and 18th and tells them to be thinking of and working on their charity videos. | World's Stupidest Dog 00:03:07 |
| 2011-12-09 | reminder | John reminds viewers what the Project for Awesome is and tells them to start making their video now for December 17th, saying he has started his. | Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 00:03:06 |
| 2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) | reminder | Hank asks viewers to curate: find the best P4A videos (not their own or friends') and get them seen, and to start planning their videos. | Our Grandfather 00:02:58 |
| 2011-12-14 | reminder | The description tells viewers not to forget to prepare for the Project for Awesome. | Greek Phallic Disco Golf Balls: A Free Association Game video description |
| 2011-12-16 | reminder | Hank tells P4A video makers to tag P4A and P4A 2011, use the partner thumbnail, upload at noon and submit the video at projectforawesome.com. | Project for Awesome Logistics 00:01:16 |
| 2011-12-19 | result reported | John reports the Project for Awesome generated thousands of videos about charities, millions of views, tens of thousands of tweets and hundreds of thousands of comments. | Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath 00:00:43 |
| 2012-03-13 | thanks | John thanks Nerdfighters for all their hard work during the Project for Awesome. | Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report 00:01:24 |
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
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — ask: Hank: The Project for Awesome happens again on December 17th and 18th; Hank asks viewers to make, curate and promote videos then and clear their schedules. — 00:03:24
- 2011-12-07 · World's Stupidest Dog — announcement: Hank: Answering viewers, Hank confirms the Project for Awesome is happening December 17th and 18th and says its website should be up very soon. (hedged) — 00:03:07
- 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — John asks whether 'you' have started a Project for Awesome video, says he has started his and thinks he might be ahead, so 'you' should probably start. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:19
- 2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — ask: Hank says curating means not promoting your own or friends' videos but finding the best P4A videos and getting them in front of as many people as possible. — 00:02:19
- 2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — announcement: Hank: Videos will be submitted at projectforawesome.com, not fully working until P4A begins at noon on December 17th; people, Hank included, are already making their P4A videos. — 00:02:58
- 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: The Project for Awesome generated thousands of videos about charities, millions of views, tens of thousands of tweets and hundreds of thousands of comments. — 00:00:43