John asks viewers to leave 10-word comments on YouTube or the Ning to win Paper Towns paperbacks (2009)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2009-09-28) · owner: John and Hank
On 8 September 2009 John asked viewers to leave 10-word comments, on YouTube or the Nerdfighter Ning, to win Paper Towns paperbacks. Winners were read out on 12 September, and on 28 September John announced the last ten winners.
Told alongside: John: announce the 10-word challenge contest winners on Friday (2009) · John asks viewers to buy the Paper Towns paperback (2009)
About: YouTube, Nerdfighter Ning, Paper Towns
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-09-08 | asked | John asks viewers to leave 10-word comments, perhaps 10-word reviews of Paper Towns, on YouTube or the Ning. | My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) 00:01:36 |
| 2009-09-09 | reminder | Hank reminds viewers that leaving John's favourite 10-word comment of the day wins a free Paper Towns paperback. | Television Crime Shows Suck 00:03:20 |
| 2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) | result reported | John reads the winning 10-word comments and summaries left by viewers. | Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) 00:03:20 |
| 2009-09-22 | reminder | 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. | Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide 00:01:45 |
| 2009-09-28 | result reported | 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
3 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
- 2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) · Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) — John names four winners from the contest's first three days and reads their comments, one of which, saying his books changed her life, moved him. — 00:03:20
- 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