Nerdfighter Ning

project · in 44 videos (2008–2012)

Mentions by year: 2008: 17 · 2009: 17 · 2010: 2 · 2011: 5 · 2012: 3

Threads

• Vlogbrothers in 2008: the channel after Brotherhood 2.0 (2008) — stage, milestone, 2007–2008
• Nerdfighter Ning: the community site launches (2008) — stage, milestone, 2008–2009
• John asks nerdfighters to join the new Nerdfighter Ning and build profiles (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
• Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club (2008) — stage, restart, 2008–2008
• John asks Nerdfighters to exchange Valentine's greetings on each other's Ning profiles (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
• John: answer leftover Question Tuesday questions in a big blog post on the Ning (2008) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
• Paper Towns advance-copy giveaways to Nerdfighters (2008) — stage, result, 2008–2008
• John asks Nerdfighters to discuss the first half of Catcher in the Rye in a Ning thread (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
• Nerdfighter scavenger hunt (2008) — stage, milestone, 2008–2008
• John asks Nerdfighters to apply to be Ningmasters with a Ning blog post (2009) — ask, reported back, 2009–2009
• John asks Nerdfighters to post their creative work on the Ning as blog posts to be featured (2009) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
• John asks Nerdfighters to upload photos to their Ning profiles to be featured (2009) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
• John asks Nerdfighters to upload illustrations of their favourite DFTBA acronym to the Ning (2009) — ask, reported back, 2009–2009
• John: answer the first 317 questions asked in comments (2009) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
• John invites Nerdfighters to join the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge via the Ning group (2009) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
• 10-word challenge: John gives away a Paper Towns paperback a day for his favourite 10-word comment (2009) — stage, milestone, 2009–2009
• John asks viewers to leave 10-word comments on YouTube or the Ning to win Paper Towns paperbacks (2009) — ask, reported back, 2009–2009
• John: post daily NaNoWriMo progress updates on the Ning (November 2009) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
• John invites Nerdfighters doing NaNoWriMo to the Ning group and NaNoWriMo forum (2009) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
• John: punishment chosen by Nerdfighters for finding Gus Is a Bug (2009) — punishment, performed, 2009–2010
• John asks Nerdfighters to illustrate Gus Is a Bug (2009) — ask, reported back, 2009–2011
• P4A 2009 edition — stage, result, 2009–2009
• John: give away five Will Grayson, Will Grayson advance copies to random commenters (2010) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2010–2010
• John asks Nerdfighters to research the fake ruins in Holiday Park, Indianapolis (2011) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2011–2011

What the videos say

2008

• 2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — John announces that nerdfighting will become more collaborative in 2008: a new site built on Ning where everyone can have a Nerdfighter profile, pictures, videos and blogs. (00:00:00)
• 2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — John asks everyone to find the new site in the video info, build a profile and become his friend, since Hank has more friends than he does. (00:00:36)
• 2008-01-09 · The Return of Question Tuesdays — John says one of the brothers will post at least one video per week, and on other days there will be pictures and videos from Nerdfighteria on the Ning. (00:01:06)
• 2008-02-14 · The Puff Pwns Gravity — To recreate that feeling, John asks Nerdfighters to comment on this video at the Ning, visit each other's profiles to wish happy Valentine's Day, and maybe make new friends. (00:03:30)
• 2008-02-21 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes — John asks Nerdfighters to leave questions in the comments; any he doesn't answer in the video he'll try to answer in a big blog post on the Ning. (00:00:41)
• 2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — To take part in the Blurbing Book Club and maybe win prizes, Nerdfighters must write a blurb of 13 Little Blue Envelopes in 10 words or less and post it as a Ning blog post by Sunday midnight. (00:02:12)
• 2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — John says there has been lots of nerdfighter-like lately, partly thanks to the Ning, where Nerdfighters meet and see each other's interests, blog posts and pictures. (00:03:08)
• 2008-03-05 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD — To a 17-year-old whom no one at school talks to, John says he wishes he had an answer, but lots of people will talk to them at the Ning. (00:02:51)
• 2008-03-27 · PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful — Since watching someone eat Peeps for three minutes is boring, John intercuts his eating with pictures of Nerdfighter awesomeness from the Ning. (00:01:09)
• 2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — Until publication John will give away as many ARCs to Nerdfighters as he can; today everyone commenting on YouTube or the Ning goes in a hat for this galley. (00:01:41)
• 2008-08-02 · Catcher in the Rye, Part 1 — John invites discussion of this and anything else in the first 15 chapters in the official Catcher in the Rye thread he started on the Ning. (00:03:38)
• 2008-08-20 · Scavenger Hunting — The description announces that the scavenger-hunt clue has been found and links to a Nerdfighter Ning forum thread for discussion. (00:00:00)
• …and 8 more statements in 2008 (most important shown)

2009

• 2009-01-28 · Before Looking for Alaska... — John says the Nerdfighter Ning has suffered from neglect, so much that many viewers probably don't know what it is. (00:01:58)
• 2009-01-28 · Before Looking for Alaska... — John concludes that the brothers cannot run the Ning by themselves. (00:02:05)
• 2009-01-28 · Before Looking for Alaska... — John announces that a few volunteer Ningmasters will soon feature new content on the Ning's main page, organize and moderate its forums and raise its awesomeness. (00:02:09)
• 2009-01-28 · Before Looking for Alaska... — John asks committed Nerdfighters who want to be Ningmasters to apply with a Ning blog post saying why; he will pick a few favourites. (00:02:29)
• 2009-01-28 · Before Looking for Alaska... — John asks Nerdfighters who want to share creative work on the Ning to post it, including photos and videos, as blog posts so it can be featured on the front page. (00:02:41)
• 2009-02-18 · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters — Hank announces, for himself and John, that the Ningmasters have been selected. (00:01:19)
• 2009-02-18 · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters — Tom becomes the Images Ningmaster: he will promote the good images submitted to the Ning and post the week's best images every Thursday. (00:01:19)
• 2009-02-18 · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters — AmberTheAmberyOne will organise the forum and head Nerdfighter projects, featuring the best Nerdfighter videos on the Ning every Monday. (00:02:04)
• 2009-04-01 · A Few Of My Favorite Things — Hank calls Nerdfighteria his favourite thing and shows Nerdfighters' illustrations of favourite DFTBA acronyms made after John's Sunday request, thanking them. (00:02:40)
• 2009-06-10 · Eating a FAT SANDWICH — To pay further penance, John promises to answer the first 317 questions asked in comments, particularly on the Ning. (00:03:46)
• 2009-09-09 · My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) — 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)
• 2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — Even without a copy, John proposes Nerdfighters remake the book: draw pictures for the text he reads and upload them to the Ning so he can reconstitute his childhood experience. (00:01:40)
• …and 11 more statements in 2009 (most important shown)

2010

• 2010-03-02 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — John points Nerdfighters to a letter on the Ning in which Tom's family thanks them for their letters, and asks them to keep writing to NingMasterTom at gmail.com. (00:00:00)
• 2010-03-11 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — John says he has five advance reader copies of Will Grayson, Will Grayson at home and will give all of them away to random commenters here or on the Ning. (00:01:07)

2011

• 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John notes much conversation on Tumblr, the Ning, YouTube and Twitter about Nerdfighteria changing as it grows and how to keep the community strong, and offers his two cents. (00:00:56)
• 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John says Nerdfighteria needs better ways to interact: YouTube comments don't lend themselves to relationships or collaboration, and the Ning confuses new users, though Ningmasters are working on it. (00:02:11)
• 2011-09-12 · Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography — John says the great thing is that the brothers are not the only Nerdfighters: thousands work together through YouTube comments, Twitter, Tumblr, the Ning and Your Pants to improve the maps, making better maps than anyone could alone. (00:01:50)
• 2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — Your Pants, which would suit this research, is still broken, so John suggests a forum on the Ning or the YouTube comments instead. (00:02:30)

2012

• 2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems! — To find local Nerdfighters, John points to Facebook, the Ning and Your Pants, where there are many location-specific Nerdfighter groups. (00:03:16)
• 2012-11-24 · Black Friday: An Accident of History — Hank thanks the Nerdcrafteria Minecraft server, Tumblr, the Ning and other online places where Nerdfighters gather, and the people who watch and support his work, even sappy videos like this. (00:03:14)
• 2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says Nerdfighteria used to be a YouTube-based phenomenon but now has many places, listing Minecrafteria, Facebook groups, the Ning, Our Pants, Reddit, Tumblr and Kiva, and probably more. (00:00:58)