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Curious, what does the text flying by on the screen say on the bilibili video? I’m always amazing at the cultural differences in design and how Chinese apps ten

Curious, what does the text flying by on the screen say on the bilibili video? I’m always amazing at the cultural differences in design and how Chinese apps tend to always be so busy. Everything feels like a slot machine.

eschatology 3y ago
They are user comments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danmaku_subtitling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danmaku_subtitling Compared to regular comments on say youtube, these kinda give a time element to the comments, when they should appear in the video playback
- schroeding 3y ago
  Youtube annotations (those coloured speech-bubbles that did not work on mobile) were (mis)used in a similar way - some uploaders opened them for everybody, allowing all users to leave a "comment" in form of an annotation at a certain point in the video.
chen0x00 3y ago
That thing is called "弹幕DanMu" (Barrage), which is a type of synchronized comment that appears alongside video playback. In this video, most of the comments are related to "taking a group photo" and "sending blessings". Perhaps because Chinese characters can convey more information in shorter sentences, this form of commentary is not as popular in other places, but it can actually be quite interesting. It provides an interactive experience that transcends time and space. On Bilibili, you can adjust the display area, font size, transparency, scroll speed, and intelligent prevention of blocking the main content for danmu. If you don't like it, you can turn it off.
- supriyo-biswas 3y ago
  I have seen it on SoundCloud for what it’s worth.
- rfoo 3y ago
  For reference, Bilibili started as a direct clone of Acfun (which itself is a clone of Niconico).
- bschne 3y ago
  I recall reading about this in Logic mag a while back: https://logicmag.io/china/bullet-time/ https://logicmag.io/china/bullet-time/
isaacfung 3y ago
It originated from the japanese video sharing website Niconico. It gives the users a sense of participation. Some twitch streams also have on-screen elements that can be controlled by chat. Many twitch viewers enjoy chaos and like mindlessly spamming and reposting copypastas.
sshine 3y ago
Watching movies on Chinese movie sites also gives you these comments. I think they're insanely distracting, and they only get worse the better I get at understanding them. But then again, people disagree on whether you should talk during movies, too. If it's a bad movie, sometimes the user commentary is better.

eschatology 3y ago

They are user comments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danmaku_subtitling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danmaku_subtitling Compared to regular comments on say youtube, these kinda give a time element to the comments, when they should appear in the video playback

schroeding 3y ago
Youtube annotations (those coloured speech-bubbles that did not work on mobile) were (mis)used in a similar way - some uploaders opened them for everybody, allowing all users to leave a "comment" in form of an annotation at a certain point in the video.

chen0x00 3y ago

That thing is called "弹幕DanMu" (Barrage), which is a type of synchronized comment that appears alongside video playback. In this video, most of the comments are related to "taking a group photo" and "sending blessings". Perhaps because Chinese characters can convey more information in shorter sentences, this form of commentary is not as popular in other places, but it can actually be quite interesting. It provides an interactive experience that transcends time and space. On Bilibili, you can adjust the display area, font size, transparency, scroll speed, and intelligent prevention of blocking the main content for danmu. If you don't like it, you can turn it off.

supriyo-biswas 3y ago
I have seen it on SoundCloud for what it’s worth.
rfoo 3y ago
For reference, Bilibili started as a direct clone of Acfun (which itself is a clone of Niconico).
bschne 3y ago
I recall reading about this in Logic mag a while back: https://logicmag.io/china/bullet-time/ https://logicmag.io/china/bullet-time/

isaacfung 3y ago

It originated from the japanese video sharing website Niconico. It gives the users a sense of participation. Some twitch streams also have on-screen elements that can be controlled by chat. Many twitch viewers enjoy chaos and like mindlessly spamming and reposting copypastas.

sshine 3y ago

Watching movies on Chinese movie sites also gives you these comments. I think they're insanely distracting, and they only get worse the better I get at understanding them. But then again, people disagree on whether you should talk during movies, too. If it's a bad movie, sometimes the user commentary is better.