Who Owns Nerdfighteria?
Channel: vlogbrothers
Date: 2021-08-17

In which John reads Jennifer Burek Pierce's book Narratives, Nerdfighters, and New Media and thinks about who captures the value of work done by sprawling collectives in virtual places--including online communities like nerdfighteria. The book in question: https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609387181/narratives-nerdfighters-and-new-media
Keeping this video to four minutes meant glossing over a lot of details that I think are interesting/important relating to the assignation of value in online communities, but one that I really want to highlight is that money is not the only form of currency online. As the book explores, attention is an important and valuable resource that is extensively exchanged online. By paying attention to nerdfighteria, you essentially make it exist.


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