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Apoorva Dutt · · 1 min read

This crazy way people watch videos in China is a whole subculture on its own

This video by Goldthread explores the internet subculture of watching videos with text flying across the screen. It’s called bullet chat, and it originated from Japan. Bilibili, one of China’s biggest websites, gets over 70 million people per month who watch videos like this.

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Apoorva Dutt

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