Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st
2007-01-01 · announcement · Hank · 2:02 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Announcements · tags: community lore, recurring series
Hank announces Brotherhood 2.0: for the year he and John will communicate only by video blogs, alternating daily, with punishments for a missed weekday video.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Camera glitches; Hank announces the end of textual communication between the brothers
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★★★ Hank tells John they will no longer communicate by any textual means: no instant messaging or email, only video blogs and possibly phone calls. — 00:00:13 · No textual communication · also in: Week 1 Condensed!
“we will no longer be communicating through any textual means”
00:00:43 — The plan: alternating daily video blogs for a year, punishments for missed weekdays, Brotherhood 2.0 begins
- ★ Hank says he sent John the email outlining the plan the night before from a New Year's Eve party in Lake Tahoe. — 00:00:43 · also in: Week 1 Condensed!
- ★★★ Starting January 1st Hank sends a video blog, John replies the next day, and they continue alternating like this until the year is up. — 00:00:43 · Brotherhood 2.0
- ★★ Hank says that if either brother fails to send a video blog on a weekday there will be punishments, to be outlined later. — 00:00:43 · Punishment · also in: Week 1 Condensed!
- ★★ Hank declares that Brotherhood 2.0 commences today and admits the plan probably makes them crazy. (playful) — 00:00:43 · Brotherhood 2.0
Threads in this video
- launched · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Hank launches Brotherhood 2.0: no more textual communication, alternating daily video blogs from January 1st for the year, punishments for a missed weekday video. (00:00:43)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — completed; last: looked back, 2026-09-30
Mentioned
Central: Brotherhood 2.0 · No textual communication
Also: Lake Tahoe · New Year's Eve · Punishment
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd (John) — answers — “downloading your 2 minute and 1 second video” (00:00:03)
- 2009-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 (Hank) — imitates (retro on Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters) — Hank looks back on Brotherhood 2.0, restaging its first video and calling John's news videos one of the coolest things they did; this year's (2009) rules are more complicated than the first year's. (00:01:19)
- 2020-01-14 · Foolish · Beautiful (John) — refers back (callback on Hank's 'Auto power off, still some glitches to work out' line from the first vlogbrothers video (2007)) — John says he still uses Hank's line from the very first vlogbrothers video, 'auto power off, still some glitches to work out', whenever the camera goes wrong 13 years later. (00:02:14)