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John asks Nerdfighters to take the survey on pre-roll ads on vlogbrothers and on education content (2014)

ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2014-07-15) · owner: John

In July 2014 John asked Nerdfighters to take a survey on turning on pre-roll ads and on the education content they want. A week later he reported that tens of thousands responded and voted overwhelmingly for pre-rolls, with the income split between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and an educational video fund.

Part of: Vlogbrothers pre-roll ads and the Vlogbrothers Creator Grants (2014)

Told alongside: John: keep Nerdfighters up to date on how the vlogbrothers pre-roll money is spent (2014)

About: Crash Course

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2014-07-08 asked John asks Nerdfighters to answer the survey in the description about pre-roll ads on vlogbrothers and what they want from Crash Course and education content. The Future of Nerdfighteria 00:02:50
2014-07-15 result reported John reports tens of thousands responded to his pre-roll question and voted overwhelmingly to turn on pre-rolls and split the income between FTDWS and an educational video fund. → refers to The Future of Nerdfighteria Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses 00:00:13

What is said about it

2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John asks whether and how to run pre-rolls; options: keep things as they are, delete ads entirely, or run pre-rolls and give all the money to the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck or to education and Nerdfighter projects, or a mix. — 00:02:17
  • 2014-07-15 · Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses — announcement: John reports that tens of thousands answered his question from last week (week of 7 July 2014); they voted overwhelmingly to turn on vlogbrothers pre-roll ads and split the income between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund for educational video projects. — 00:00:13