Hey, what's up guys?
So, today I am really excited
 to finally announce the launch
of something that I have been
 wanting to build for years.
I kept it up in my head as
   an idea for a long time,
but finally last week I
   got around to building it
and there is now an
  official community
for College Info Geek.
And I decided to set it up
 as a subreddit on Reddit.com,
and I'll kind of
   explain the choice
of that platform in a minute.
But first, I kinda wanna tell
 you kind of my overall idea
for what I hope this
  community can be.
And if you wanna check it out,
the URL is
 CollegeInfoGeek.com/community.
You can check it
out right there.
And, essentially,
 what I wanna make this
is the premier place for
us to have discussions,
for questions to be answered,
for discussion to be
  had around videos,
because YouTube comments,
   while they're cool
and it's always great
to get feedback on them
on the videos I make,
 YouTube comments
and blog comments,
   likewise, are just set up
for reactions for
   the video maker.
You watch a video and
   then you can react to it.
You can respond to it.
And then, people can reply to
 your comments, that's true,
but these systems are not set up
to promote good discussion
   between multiple people
in the audience or between me
 and multiple people at once.
And, likewise, my e-mail
is only set up for me
to be able to correspond
   with one person at a time.
And if I answer a
 question on my e-mail,
then only one person
gets to see that answer.
So, I've always wanted
 to set up some sort
of discussion forum where we
  can all help each other out
and where all those
 answers can be visible
and where good discussion
   can be promoted.
I chose Reddit because I've
 been on Reddit for four years
and I've gotten a lot of
value out of the site.
There's certainly
   certain areas of the site
with trolls and
   sarcastic people,
but, in my experience,
   the smaller
   interest-based subreddits
where people are trying
to learn new skills
or just get better
 at things in general,
those are always
  overflowing with positivity
and people just trying
to help each other out,
and that's what I'm kinda
 hoping this community will be.
And I actually wanted to test
 it out before I went live
and told everyone about
it, so I set it up,
last Tuesday, I think, is
   when I think it went live,
and I kinda just told a
little small percentage
of the people who are
 subscribed to the newsletter.
So, we've been having
 discussions in there
 for the past week
and it's going great and I
 would love for you to join in
and help this subreddit grow
  to become the premier place
for discussions to
happen around my videos.
That's kinda like the first
  purpose of this community.
I'm gonna be making
  a discussion thread
for every new video going
   forward and you'll find it
linked in the description
   for those videos.
And I'm kinda hoping that
  most of the good discussion
on new videos can go over there,
where people can upvote
the best comments
and where replies are
   much easier for me to see.
I will say, it's pretty
   hard for me to see replies
to comments on YouTube.
I can see the new ones,
but it's really hard
 for me to see replies.
And on Reddit, that's really,
 really easy for me to see.
So, discussion for
   videos is gonna be there.
I'm also gonna try to be
answering most questions
from you guys over on the
  community rather than e-mail
because, like I
   said, with e-mail,
only one person can
   benefit from that answer.
And, to be honest,
it's really hard for me
to answer questions
  in the first place.
I can answer a few,
  but all of them
just kinda gets overwhelming
with the rest of the
  work I have to do.
But with the community,
I'll be able to answer
just as many as
   I was via e-mail,
but also, there's so many
   of you guys out there
who already have lots
of answers and knowledge
and experience
   that I don't have.
So, if you've got a question,
there's likely gonna
  be somebody else
who can provide an answer.
And you can go to
   see the threads
right now in the community.
I'm pretty sure every
 thread there right now
has an answer from someone,
  even if it's not me.
So, ask your questions there.
Also, if you have tips of
   your own or experiences
that you wanna post about,
they can definitely
benefit other students.
And, if you've got topics that
 you'd like to see me cover
on the channel in the future,
or maybe guests
   that would be good
on the College
   Info Geek podcast,
I'm gonna be making a
 official topic request thread
that'll be at the top of the
 community every single month.
So, if you put your
  requests there,
it'll be like a nice
   place to consolidate them
and I can kind of see which
  ones people are upvoting
and which ones I
   should make next.
Also, this is kind of a
way to hand a little bit
of the control of this
 project to you guys,
'cause I'm really
   open to your ideas
and I wanna hear how
  we can make this,
College Info Geek as
  a project, overall,
better for students
  all over the world.
So, if you have ideas,
 there's gonna be
an official discussion
 thread for this launch video.
I'll have it linked down
in the description below
and I would love
   to hear your ideas
for what we can do in the
  community to make it better.
Maybe we can have monthly
   discussion threads
on certain topics, or you
   guys can submit your ideas
or your best tips or
  maybe favorite apps
and tools, things like that.
And otherwise, yeah, just
   let me know what you think
and I would absolutely love
  to see you in the community.
You can subscribe using Reddit.
It's really easy to
  create an account.
And there's also apps for
  pretty much every smartphone
that can make it really
   easy to browse on the go.
So, I'll see you over
 in the community.
And, as always, thank
   you so much for watching.
