CATDOLL: Niconico, a well-known Japanese bullet comment website, announced that it will begin to implement strict video and bullet comment management

As the world's most famous bullet-screening website, the existence of NICONICO has always been of great significance. However, the official recently announced that it will strictly manage the videos/bullet-screenings on the NICONICO website to ensure good network order. The full text is as follows:

Hello everyone, I am the operations manager. It has been 9 years since NICONICO was launched. Time flies. As time goes by, the services we provide are increasing, the number of users is increasing, and the people who post videos, live broadcasts, illustrations, and barrages are also changing. However, NICONICO has always been a place where the culture of works and comments can be freely displayed, and we also want to attach importance to this. However, on the other hand, we also feel that some people act recklessly in the name of "freedom".

To give a very common example, we will see someone commenting "Don't upload boring videos!" Some people will use inappropriate words to mock physical features such as face and body shape that have nothing to do with the video content. When the barrage is very dense, some people will make remarks such as "The chef is really annoying", which will arouse disgust from others and lead to mutual attacks between the two sides.

Regarding these comments, some people may think that "I am just speaking from my heart" or "I am just stating the facts", and think that there is nothing wrong with them, but I have a question: As long as it is sincere, can I say anything? Is it really the truth? Isn't it just emphasizing one's own thoughts and feelings unilaterally to hurt others? Is this behavior really right? This is not only the case with barrage comments, but also when posting videos and live broadcasts.

I have repeatedly thought about this question before: If both parties cannot agree on their opinions and deny each other, then freedom of speech cannot be guaranteed, and on the contrary, it will become a world where nothing can be expressed, right? In this regard, we have come to the conclusion that "freedom of expression is not a right to harm others." And "when recognizing the freedom of self-expression, we must also recognize the freedom of others." This is "we need to recognize the existence and ideas of others and coexist with each other."

Having said that, we should have considered the mood of the netizens on the other side of the browser, and everyone should have restrained their emotions to achieve freedom of expression, but unfortunately, we found that many people cannot do this.

In the final analysis, from the perspective of freedom of expression, NICONICO itself is a form of people posting works and then others commenting on them, so we try our best to avoid restrictions in terms of operation. In order to protect everyone's freedom to post works and freely express their feelings about the works, we have to deny the behavior of unilaterally hindering others' expression, so we have formally established the "NICONICO Activity Guidance Red Line".

The guiding red lines are basically determined by the operator on their own regarding the works and comments posted by users, so sometimes people may wonder, "Why did you delete this video/comment? That's weird!" In fact, mistakes can be made. Therefore, if you "feel that it's weird", please feel free to express your opinions and criticize us.

I have said it many times, we do not intend to delete your works and comments. We hope to take your opinions seriously and create a platform where you can express yourself freely. Please help us do this.

After writing so much, I hope everyone can think about whether your words will hurt others before posting videos and comments. Is there still love here?

In simple terms, it means "Please do not make personal attacks on the UP host. If you don't like it, you can click the upper right corner. If you are unhappy, you can click Report."