| 2007-10-25 |
new |
John thanks Hank for the reminder that nerdfighting is about bringing people together, not tearing them apart. |
October 24th: RANDOM NERDFIGHTING 00:00:09 |
| 2007-12-29 |
refine |
John says Nerdfighters are not about the brothers but about people giving to each other, raising money and awareness for causes, a supportive community and stupid beautiful projects: a community with no center. |
Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video 00:02:37 |
| 2008-05-21 |
new |
John says Nerdfighters are loyal because nerdfighting is done together rather than watched, and recommends building a truly collaborative community. |
Guys Love Giraffe Love 00:01:10 |
| 2008-08-21 |
restate |
John, in the report, says the brothers are trying to bring people who feel like outsiders into a place where they feel like insiders. |
INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH 00:01:43 |
| 2009-06-21 |
restate |
John describes Nerdfighters as a community that fights for awesome and raises a lot of money for charity. |
The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less 00:00:33 |
| 2009-08-26 |
refine |
John says what he loves most about Nerdfighteria is making stuff with and for each other as gifts, not for money, attention or subscribers. |
The Gift of Gary Busey 00:01:12 |
| 2010-03-02 |
restate |
John: Nerdfighteria's biggest business is taking care of each other; it is a place for outsiders to be inside something awesome and important. |
The Marriage Ref SUCKS 00:02:14 |
| 2010-07-20 |
restate |
John says helping causes like the HPA is what the community does and its real work, though there is a place for liking balls and giraffe sex. |
I Like Balls 00:02:12 |
| 2010-08-17 |
refine |
John says he is happiest in a community that helps him choose more intelligently and with greater empathy. |
Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh 00:03:14 |
| 2011-02-09 |
restate |
John holds that no one can tell anyone else whether they are a Nerdfighter: it is a chosen identity defined collectively by living it, as with most identities. |
NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) 00:03:02 |
| 2011-06-24 |
restate |
John says Nerdfighters are constantly inventing and evolving the definition of the word 'nerdfighter'. |
On Religion (Redux) 00:02:25 |
| 2011-09-12 |
restate |
John says Nerdfighteria is in the business of reminding each other to be awesome, calling each other to pay attention. |
Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography 00:02:22 |
| 2011-12-23 |
restate |
John thanks Nerdfighters for caring not just about the brothers' music, books and videos but about each other. |
There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! 00:02:50 |
| 2013-01-16 |
restate |
John argues Nerdfighteria is collaboration: people working together to build meaning, which helps them feel unalone. |
An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 00:59:26 |
| 2013-03-20 |
restate |
John says what matters about a community is its passions and achievements, not its size: small early Nerdfighteria already did interesting things together, such as Kiva lending. |
Ads Work...but for Whom? 00:01:53 |
| 2013-08-13 |
restate |
John wants Nerdfighteria to be an active, effective force against world suck rather than a community whose goal is to become big and powerful. |
Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy 00:02:23 |
| 2013-10-15 |
refine |
John says growth without deepening makes communities less important; Nerdfighteria should grow like the Harry Potter core community, as a collaboration among all. |
Thoughts for Nerdfighteria 00:02:05 |
| 2013-12-03 |
restate |
John says the community is defined not by its name or mottoes but by the values those words represent, which don't lose meaning when shared. |
Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks 00:03:25 |