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Just for Nerdfighters

2015-06-05 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Projects, Economics) · mode: Personal essay · tags: self promotion, community lore

Hank explains that some videos are just for Nerdfighters, as a way to repay the community, then shares worries (a trans viewer shamed in a Nerdfighter community, the decoupling of productivity and wages, VidCon's meet-and-greet lottery) and things he is excited about (How to Adult's Patreon, Cereal Time, a scavenger hunt).

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Some videos are for everyone, some just for Nerdfighters; Hank likes those; the community's gifts; licking a battery

  • ★★★ Hank says some videos he makes for as many viewers as possible, and some just for Nerdfighters who watch no matter what; he really likes the latter, without pressure, saying what's in his head. — 00:00:10 · Nerdfighteria

00:00:55 — Feeling in debt to the community; defining Nerdfighteria; a Tumblr ask about being shamed for being transgender in a Nerdfighter community

  • ★★★ Hank says the community has given him many gifts; feeling in debt to many people, one way he can repay it is making videos just for the people who have supported the brothers. (hedged) — 00:00:55 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ Hank says Nerdfighteria should be defined now and then: told on Tumblr that someone was shamed in a Nerdfighter community for being transgender, he says that is not what a Nerdfighter does. (hedged) — 00:01:05 · Nerdfighteria, Tumblr
  • ★★ Hank worries that people do wrong things in the name of the community without understanding it. — 00:01:28 · Nerdfighteria

00:01:34 — Worry about the decoupling of productivity and wages; very cheap services; a planned video on the topic

  • ★★★ Hank worries about the decoupling of productivity and wages: the rich may just get richer while the poor do not benefit, creating instability and suffering. — 00:01:34 · economic inequality
  • ★★ Hank defines productivity as all the benefits the economy creates for humans and wages as the money people make, and says the two used to be closely tied but no longer are. — 00:01:37
  • ★★ Hank wonders what the world will look like if many services become so cheap that people may not even need to pay for them. (hedged) — 00:01:55
  • ★★ Hank wants to make a video on this topic for a wide audience, not just Nerdfighters, but as he is no economist he must first do research. — 00:02:03

00:02:12 — VidCon's meet-and-greet lottery: only about half of registrants have signed up

  • ★★ Hank explains VidCon's meet-and-greet lottery: to get signings or pictures attendees rank favorite creators and the system assigns meet-and-greets; skipping the lottery means none. — 00:02:12 · VidCon
  • ★★ Hank says only about half of VidCon registrants have signed up for the lottery so far, which terrifies him; he worries people will arrive and be disappointed. — 00:02:33 · VidCon

00:02:57 — Excited about: How to Adult's Patreon launch; new show Cereal Time with Charlie McDonnell

  • ★★ Hank says How to Adult, one of the YouTube shows he produces and useful even to him, launches its Patreon page today to help pay for its existence. — 00:02:58 · How to Adult
  • ★★ Hank invites viewers who want to learn how to adult or to help the show continue to check out How to Adult's Patreon, linked in the description. — 00:03:13 · How to Adult
  • ★★ Hank is producing a new show with Charlie McDonnell, Cereal Time: a five-day-a-week morning show, like Good Mythical Morning but more British. — 00:03:21 · Cereal Time

00:03:31 — Doing more with Nerdfighteria: a scavenger hunt whose help instructions are already given; thanks to those who watch every video; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank wants to do more with Nerdfighteria, like a scavenger hunt; viewers may help, but he won't say how because he already did. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:31 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank thanks those who watch every video no matter what; it means a lot to him. — 00:03:41 · Nerdfighteria

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Mentioned

Central: decoupling of wages from productivity

Also: Projects: Cereal Time · How to Adult · Nerdfighter Scavenger Hunt · VidCon

Works: Good Mythical Morning

Organizations: Patreon · Tumblr

Concepts: economic inequality · transgender

Only in the description or credits: Charlie McDonnell

Also centred on decoupling of wages from productivity: Monday Bonus Video!

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