Assembling via ‘Danmu’
The ‘danmu’ system in the Chinese video-sharing social media platform Bilibili, in allowing comments to sync to any specific playback time, has constructed a community where separated viewers can join in the seemingly simultaneous conversations at the same time they watch videos. The particip...
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Digital Aesthetics Research Cener
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The ‘danmu’ system in the Chinese video-sharing social media platform Bilibili, in allowing comments to sync to any specific playback time, has constructed a community where separated viewers can join in the seemingly simultaneous conversations at the same time they watch videos. The participatory design of such co-presence demonstrates the political and cultural gesture of speaking out and exchanging ideas as the main orientation of the platform. Through danmu comments are the living networks connected both in the videos they are attached to, and in Bilibili as a whole. Despite the instantaneous emotions displayed in individual danmu comments, there are affective connections that shape the temporal quality of participation. The playfulness embedded in the interface design has further directed the gratification of speaking out on the platform.
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| spelling | doaj.art-db66a3483d9d417baeaf4a745639bec22023-10-04T12:47:40ZengDigital Aesthetics Research CenerA Peer-Reviewed Journal About2245-77552020-08-019110.7146/aprja.v9i1.121493Assembling via ‘Danmu’Wenhao Bi The ‘danmu’ system in the Chinese video-sharing social media platform Bilibili, in allowing comments to sync to any specific playback time, has constructed a community where separated viewers can join in the seemingly simultaneous conversations at the same time they watch videos. The participatory design of such co-presence demonstrates the political and cultural gesture of speaking out and exchanging ideas as the main orientation of the platform. Through danmu comments are the living networks connected both in the videos they are attached to, and in Bilibili as a whole. Despite the instantaneous emotions displayed in individual danmu comments, there are affective connections that shape the temporal quality of participation. The playfulness embedded in the interface design has further directed the gratification of speaking out on the platform. https://aprja.net//article/view/121493danmuBilibilinetworkaffectplayful |
| spellingShingle | Wenhao Bi Assembling via ‘Danmu’ A Peer-Reviewed Journal About danmu Bilibili network affect playful |
| title | Assembling via ‘Danmu’ |
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| topic | danmu Bilibili network affect playful |
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