February 28, 2010, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival.
Jiangxia did not give the company a holiday. At this time, many people in the company were gathered in the software development department to watch DiliDili launch.
During this period, the company has been conducting intensive testing and usage. Whenever any bugs occur, Fang Jianzhong leads the technical team to fix them quickly.
The user feedback received was very positive: no lag, clear picture, and the bullet screen function was very interesting. The development team also introduced a large number of excellent domestic and foreign animations, including but not limited to early parody videos, games, and otaku dances, which greatly increased the anime and manga content on the site.
It can be said that, in the current timeline of this world, DiliDili is the world's first video bullet screen website that focuses on anime and manga style.
Most importantly, this is an official website where watching videos is free and there are no ads. In addition, you can also have discussions with other users who are watching the same video.
Bullet comments can create a wonderful sense of synchronicity, forming a virtual tribal viewing atmosphere, making D-site a cultural community with highly interactive sharing and secondary creation.
This truly transformed D-site from a one-way, ordinary video playback platform into a two-way emotional connection platform.
These technological and cultural advantages have also created a unique bullet screen ecosystem and user ecosystem.
This kind of epoch-making experience is very novel for today's netizens.
At noon, DiliDili Video Danmaku Website officially launched.
With extensive online promotion, the name DiliDili almost instantly dominated the headlines of major portals, news websites, and community forums.
This video website, which is touted as the most suitable for young people, attracted a lot of attention from netizens. In an instant, the number of visits to the backend surged dramatically, exceeding 100,000 in just a few minutes, and is still rising rapidly.
Seeing this, Fang Jianzhong breathed a sigh of relief. Although the company had put a lot of effort into promotion, the fact that a new site could have this much traffic was enough to show the difference between this small site and other similar video websites.
It's important to understand that in 2010, unlike in later years when every household had a computer, many people could only access the internet by going to internet cafes. As you can imagine, this number was already extremely alarming.
"Teacher Fang, will the server crash?" Jiang Xia asked with some concern, seeing the access data increasing by hundreds or thousands every second.
If the site crashes on its first day of operation, it will become a real source of amusement for the entire internet.
"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang, our servers can handle it. With the simultaneous data interaction of millions of users, it shouldn't crash," Fang Jianzhong said confidently with a smile.
There's still a long way to go from 100,000 to 1 million. Last year, there were less than 20 million computer users in China. If one in every 20 people using computers were visiting D-site, then it would be a real hit.
Hearing the experienced programmer say this, Jiang Xia immediately felt relieved.
“Although the current access data seems like a lot, it’s hard to say how much of it will actually be retained. Many netizens are just looking at it for the novelty,” Fang Jianzhong said.
Jiang Xia completely agrees with this statement, saying that netizens are all a bunch of people who enjoy themselves and will flock to wherever there is fun.
Most importantly, registering a D-site account requires an exam with a 60-minute time limit. There are 100 questions in total, and a passing score is 60. The questions cover topics such as danmaku etiquette and knowledge related to popular anime, manga, and game memes.
Jiang Xia looked at the question bank in the background. To be honest, many people who are not true anime fans cannot answer the questions, which will filter out a considerable number of people.
Of course, if you are patient and willing to spend time searching for answers on Baidu, you can still pass the test.
"President Jiang, is the exam function you requested really... not a side effect of this enhancement?"
Fang Jianzhong was puzzled by this question. Why would anyone actively shut out users? These are all potential customers!
“Currently, D-site only accepts users who love anime and manga. Those who don’t like it are like pests, which is harmful to the nascent D-site.” Jiang Xia smiled faintly. “D-site needs a more peaceful environment to develop and grow.”
Fang Jianzhong neither agreed nor disagreed, saying that it was difficult to say who was right and who was wrong in such a choice, and that time would tell.
"Teacher Fang, have any new users been added?" Li Weiya asked curiously.
Fang Jianzhong glanced at it and shook his head: "No, there are currently 237 users, all of whom are company employee accounts."
Jiang Xia smiled and wasn't worried. DiliDili had only just launched, and the registration and exam process would take time. Even if you could find the answer to any of the 100 randomly selected questions in the question bank at a glance, it would still take at least ten or twenty minutes to get the results.
Furthermore, he also had Fang Jianzhong create a new user badge that could be displayed below the ID, meaning that anyone who passed the entrance exam was a qualified guardian of the anime and manga community.
"Alright, then Teacher Fang, keep an eye on the server and be ready to repair it at any time."
"Yes, Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Xia returned to his office, turned on his computer, and casually browsed the internet. He found that the trending topics on Weibo and the top Baidu search term had both changed to "DiliDili's exam is so difficult".
He patiently clicked on several comments and found that they were all complaints.
They say that if you see a video that interests you but find the quality isn't very clear, you have to become a user of D-site to improve the quality. The same applies to the bullet comment function.
It turns out that after registering, you still have to answer questions. Are those questions even achievable by humans? Who the hell watches cartoons with a magnifying glass?!
for example:
How many cat hairs are on Tom's face?
How many times did Jerry's cousin beat up Tom in total?
In which episode does Tom split the tree in his crotch?
What does the symbol "" mean?
In the anime/manga series "Full-Time Warriors," what is the line preceding the scene where the character leaps back with sword energy?
Who is the boss of the third stage in Contra 1?
How many patterns are there in Tetris?
Even Jiang Xia was stunned by these questions; they were indeed not questions that ordinary people could answer. For some reason, he was reminded of the fear he felt when he first registered on Bilibili in his previous life, when he was dominated by these questions.
He thought about it silently and realized that the final user retention rate might be much lower than he had imagined.
However, with the gradual rise of bullet screen culture online and the free viewing of genuine resources, it will continue to attract new users.
He watched with great pleasure as countless netizens failed the entrance exam on D-site, which also stirred up a lot of people's competitive spirit. How could this crappy question bank be better than the college entrance exam?
Finally, after more than ten minutes, Jiang Xia saw the first netizen post a screenshot of the "Anime Guardian" badge, along with a caption.
"That's it for the entry-level exam on D-site? Not too hard, smug.jpg"
(End of this chapter)
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