This is a fantastic idea! I think that maybe there should be a certain age range (to provide a good way to compare and contrast each vlogger). If you decide on one, call me! I would love to join in on the fun if you’ll except me!

(I’m 15 and from the US)

Sounds awesome! I’m from Bulgaria and for a while I’ve been thinking about vlogging, but I haven’t got a nice camera (nor enough courage) yet, haha.
I wish you luck with that collab project! ^^

I think it’s a really cool idea and I’d really like to join. I’m from Denmark though, but feel free to send me a message or something if you’d like me to join Either way; good luck with the project and everything!

My name’s Deby. This sounds really cool!
There has already been a Canadian response I see but if it doesn’t work out you have a canadian on your waiting list

That sounds awesome! I’ll be interested if i’m needed at any point
I’m a 19 year old nerdfighter from France. and I pretty much always wanted to start vlogging, never had an idea to start.

awwww, I have to compete against two other Canadians already? well, if there’s a waiting list I’m up for it, sounds like a brilliant idea. Oh, I’m 21.

oh goodness there are a lot of north Americans.

I’m 15 and from LA, California.
This sounds like an AWESOME idea, I could give a “Thoughts from places” in places like Hollywood, Beverly hills, and the hidden beauties that people dont normally thinks of when they hear Los Angeles or surrounding areas.

You could have a bunch of different people from those countries showing small parts of each place, that would be lovely!

I’m 16 from the Gold Coast, Australia.
Sounds awesome – I’ve already got a channel on YouTube, but I’d love to join a collab channel.

I’m 15, and from Perth, Western Australia. I couldn’t really commit to a weekly video but most collabs do occasional Saturday guest uploads, don’t they? Let me know if this starts up.

I’m originally from Melbourne, but I’ve lived in Sydney for most of my life. You know, there’ve been four Australians, all from different states so far on this thread. Forget around the world – we could probably start an around Australia one if we really wanted XP

I’ve wanted to do something like this since about a year ago but I just never followed through with it. I’m from Cairo, Egypt, 18 years old. I’ve never vlogged before or done anything even remotely close to vlogging and I’m kind of an all around awkward person, so I don’t know how well it would work out. But if you’d like a vlogger from Africa on the channel I’d be really happy to join =].

I would love to participate. I really want to get into vlogging but haven’t got around to it (scared) but a colab channel sounds awesome. I’m 17 and from Australia.

I would love to do it. Now I am on the Washington, but in April I will be in Japan so someone from Asia. I am 18 and will be going to university there

Hi everyone!

Wow, that’s a lot of responses! I’m thrilled so many people are interested in my idea – and sorry I haven’t replied sooner, I’ve been in a cabin in the mountains this week. (It’s a Norwegian thing.)

Of course, the fact there’s so much interest makes this next part kind of difficult – I’m going to try to figure out a good way to end up with a collab group while being fair on everyone who’s interested. The way I see it, there are a couple of different ways this could be done… But I’m leaning toward going with the initial idea of having 5 “main” members from as different places to each other as possible, with the possibility of having a 6th day guest spot for other people who want to come in on a Saturday or Sunday and introduce people to their home.

I still would really like to have as wide a spread as possible, meaning ideally one person per continent. So then, I guess the next step is working out how to choose which person joins from those places that have several people who are interested!
@Salma, it would be great to have an Egyptian on board, and by virtue of being the only person to be the only one from your area you’re kind of the easiest pick! Don’t worry about being inexperienced – I’ve literally never vlogged before either, and it looks like a lot of the others who are interested are in the same boat, so it seems like we’ll all be newbies. If you’re up for it it’d be great to have you on the channel!

For everyone else – it’d be great to have at least one person from North America (terribly sorry for lumping the US and Canada together!) and someone from Australia, since we’ve got people who are interested from both places. That leaves two days of the week that I’m going to leave fairly open for now. I wouldn’t be opposed to having another European along, perhaps someone from continental Europe since I’m Northern/UK (depending on the time of year), but it would be awesome to get someone from even further afield too…

Right, so I guess the best way to do this is to narrow the category a bit more? Hm… could everyone who’s interested please write a bit more about themselves, so we can work out what kind of a pool we have and who might be interesting to put together? It’d be great to have these bits of information:
a) A general “profile” of yourself – your age, current occupation, interests, personality perhaps. Basically, whatever you think is interesting about yourself.
b) What you’d most like to vlog about. I think the channel would work best if we could have a dialogue about topics we’re all interested in. Maybe what “style” (‘thoughts from places’, jumpcut webcam vlogging, etc..) you’d like to use if you feel you can make a judgement on that (having never vlogged, I don’t think I can).
c) Why you want to be involved with this channel – what would you like to get out of it, and what would be your ideal vision for the collab?

I myself am 21 years old and a student, working on a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Sociology. I’m interested in international development and particularly the problems with the way it’s currently practiced, and that’s the field I’d love to go into when I graduate. Apart from that, I’ve been known to get really into discussions about most things – from Doctor Who to world events to philosophical principles. I love to travel and experience new cultures, and to try to figure out how they “work” (hence, anthropology – also, this collab). I’m also a massive nerd – I love fantasy and video games (mainly RPGs), though I don’t have much time for reading for fun or playing games during term-time. I’m pretty social and tend to smile and laugh a lot (on a lot of sites, my handle is ‘excessively happy’ – after nights out, my cheeks often hurt from smiling too much). I don’t take a lot very seriously and have a pretty irreverent (though I’d say harmlessly so) sense of humour. Also, I am a master procrastinator and last-minute champion.
I’d love to vlog with a combination of tours of the places I live and travel, standard “life” vlogs and discussions about topics that it would be interesting to see from the perspective of the different people from the channel. My dream for it would be to really illustrate how massively global Nerdfighteria is, get to know places around the world through the eyes of people who live there, and discuss different issues from that global perspective. I think it’d be fun to do weekly themes and topics, decided on amongst the group.

I would love that. US FTW!

@Iris ya, I’m up for it, thanks =D.

a) I’m Salma, 18 years old. I’m a college freshman (Psychology major). I’m really interested in literature, psychology, philosophy, history, and politics. I’m an introvert and I don’t talk much unless the conversation is about something I’m really interested in or excited about. I can’t think of anything else to say, sorry for doing such a horrible job at introducing myself.
b) I agree, with everyone else. I think the vlogs should be about things that interest us and “life” stuff and world topics and all that.
c) I’d really like to get to know awesome people and get to see things from the perspectives of people from different places. And I’ve also been wanting to vlog for a long time and I think that a collab channel would be a great way to start because we’d all encourage each other and stuff. My vision for the channel is pretty much the same as everyone else’s.

a) Hello, i’m a 22 year old German exchange student in Finland at the moment & i find it. I like music, concerts, second-hand shops, tv shows, movies, travelling, languages, reading, daydreaming, to-do lists, procrastinating, the internet and so on.

b) I’ve never done it before and I have absolutely no idea if the result would be decent. ^^ Having said that, an occasional guest spot or something like that may be enough for me. In my opinion, a combination of talking about general interests and themes like show us your hometown, teach everyone a few words in your native language (useful and interesting/funny ones), go out and try some food your area or country is known for and you’ve never tried, stereotypes, comparing traditional holidays etc would be lovely.

c) Nerdfighters are (by definition) awesome companions to interact with, it’s an easy way to get to know other cultures without spending a bunch of money on flights etc and it sounds like a lot of fun.

Hello all!

a) I am a 20 year old from the USA in my junior year at university. I currently live in both Ohio and Illinois (home and uni respectively). I can be shy during first encounters, depending on the situation, but I am a generally odd and unabashed person after I get to know someone.

A little about my interests: When I was younger I took jazz dance and Karate lessons. When I quit karate I was a brown belt. I wish I hadn’t quit. I’d like to re-join some day in the future. Though I haven’t done much of it, I really enjoy watching, bonding with, and riding horses. I’m no pro…that’s for sure. But, my friend Suzy has four and lets me ride whenever I visit. I play guitar (still quite an amateur…I’ve only been playing maybe a year and a half) and some piano (my roommate is actually going to help me practice that this semester).

I really enjoy reading, though that interest didn’t really arise until after I began university, so I have much catching up to do. I really enjoy Poe’s works, Harry Potter, 1984, and (of course) John Green’s Looking for Alaska. I love Dr. Who (the new ones; I haven’t watched more than a few of the classics). I seem to get attached to ABC family shows, as well. Some recent ones have been Pretty Little Liars, Once Upon a Time, and Switched at Birth.

At University I am studying Graphic Design with a Business minor. I’m not entirely sure what I want to do with that or my life post-uni just yet. What I do know is that I would LOVE to do some traveling before I settle down somewhere. Anywhere. I’ve been to Germany and Austria, but that was with my high school and I hope to return without tour restrictions.

b) I would love to vlog about anything and everything. Life is so full of interesting things, and so I think just bringing any of these things that we notice during day to day life to the table (or youtube channel in this case) would be wonderful. We can vlog about similarities that we find in eachother, and why that may be (such as personality traits or interests), as well as differences amongst us. Just getting any sort of conversation going would be lovely. I won’t be traveling much as I will be at university, but I don’t think that would be a hindrance for me, really. Also, I think using a mixture of jumpcut webcam vlogging and “thoughts from places” would be just fine…you know, whichever works better for the content you want to share.

c) I want to be involved in this collab channel because I feel like being where I am, I am missing so much of the big picture of humanity. There’s something that makes us all human, and I find it very interesting to see humanity from others’ perspectives. I haven’t done a huge amount of traveling in my lifetime, and am not very cultured. I feel like where I am in my life right now (at uni), using the internet and more specifically a collab channel like this, is the best way I can simulate traveling. I would hope that the five who end up becoming a part of this channel can grow to know and understand each other, and hopefully gain some sort of bond with one another.

Anyway, if this is too long, I apologize. But I think this is SUCH a wonderful idea, and wish the best for you all ! (especially the final five doing the collab) It’s going to be a lot of work at times, but I really do believe the result of all of this will be, without a doubt, worth it all.

Chelsea

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Thanks so much for the messages, you guys. I love reading what you all write. I’m hoping to make a decision on this by Wednesday or so (going to Scotland for a couple of days and will be back on Wednesday afternoon), so it’d be great if anyone else who’s interested could post before then!

Since there are so many people I thought I would throw this idea other there that I saw for another collab channel. What if there was 14 people so there would be two people per day of the week and groups would go every other week.

This project sound so awesome! Anyway:

I’m Sara-Lola, 18 years old in my first year of college studying English Literature although I plan on changing that next year. I live in Brussels, Belgium. I am pretty shy when you first meet me but open up and become rather all over the place. I am pretty opinionated about a lot of things and love to discuss. I like travelling but have never left Europe (I’ve been to every major city here and know Europe like the back of my hand now). Since discovering the youtube community in 2009, I come home and watch youtube videos waaay too much. I also read a lot, almost any genre and watch too much tv-series (particularly Doctor Who, True Blood, The new girl). Also, I’ve recently become obsessed with the game tiny towers on my ipod.

I’d probably vlog about Brussels and Belgium in general since I’m always in different towns every other week(thoughts from places) but also about stuff that interests me, books, movies, interesting debates and just my take on things.

I’ve been thinking about vlogging for so long, it’s really something I want to do but, and I’m sure you’ll agree, it’s kind of scary to just post a video of yourself on youtube like that. I think a collab channel would really be an awesome platform for me to start vlogging on, because it’s like I get to share this experience with other nerdfighters (unfortunatly, noone I know actually knows anything about the youtube/nerdfighter community)

So, who made it? :p

Maybe there could be 2 projects? One being a channel with everyone introducing people with their culture, country, city, in one to three (no pun intended) videos, and the other one being what you intended to do, aka a channel with only 5 bloggers from each countinent?