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[Updated 4/6 at 10:50 am]

Dear Niconico Users,

Thank you for using Niconico.

The network issue, which prevented users from accessing the Niconico website,
has been fixed.

Details:
A network issue prevented users from accessing the Niconico website.
This issue was fixed April 4, 2016.

Affected Areas:
The entire Niconico website was affected. 

We greatly appreciate your understanding and apologize for the inconvenience.

Sincerely,

Niconico


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Dear Niconico Users,

Thank you for using Niconico.

Currently, there is a reoccurring network issue that inhibits users from
accessing the Niconico website .

Details:
A reoccurring network issue has developed as of March 31st that inhibits
users from accessing the Niconico website.

Period of Occurrence:
From:  5:20pm （JST),  March 31, 2016  Until:  Present

Affected Areas:
The entire Niconico website is affected.
It is expected to take up to several days for this issue to be resolved.   

Please accept our apologies for this great inconvenience.
We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding.

Thank you very much.

Niconico

[Updated 8/24/2015 at 4:30 pm JST]

Dear Niconico users,

Thank you for using Niconico.

During the period below, certain Niconico videos could not be commented on
due to a technical issue. This issue has now been fixed.
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Details:
Certain videos that were posted since August 5, 2015, could not be commented on.

Period of Occurrence:
From: 4:52 pm （JST), August 17, 2015  Until: 4:00 pm (JST) August 24, 2015

Affected Areas:
Certain videos within Niconico Douga were affected.
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We truly appreciate your continued support.

Thank you so very much,

Niconico

Dear Niconico Users,


Thank you for your continued use of our service, Niconico.

Currently, certain Niconico videos cannot be commented on due to a technical issue.


Details:
Certain videos that were posted since August 5, 2015, cannot be commented on.

Period of Occurrence:
From: 4:52 pm （JST), August 17, 2015  Until:  Present

Affected Areas:
Certain videos within Niconico Douga have been affected.
It is expected to take up to several days for this issue to be resolved.   


Please accept our apologies for this great inconvenience.
We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding.

Thank you very much.

Niconico

Do you know about the User Recommended Videos featured on the top page of Niconico?

These are videos chosen by our Users! You're free to recommend your favorite videos, stuff your friends made, or even promote gems from your personal collection!

How do I recommend videos, you say?

There are 2 ways:

Method #1 - Click on Recommend Video in the TV-chan menu.

Have you seen this button? It's above the comment panel on the video page

Clicking on the TV-chan button will bring up the following menu

Click on Recommend Video and you will be directed to the Recommend Video page.

Your Video ID will be input automatically. Just add a short Comment about the video and/or why you are recommending it and if you're lucky, your video will make it in our User Recommended Videos!

Method #2 - Let us know on Facebook

We also encourage users to suggest videos on our official Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/niconicocom

We typically ask for recommendations in the middle of the week. Look for this post and follow the directions!

And that's all! Now go find awesome videos and recommend them so they can get more exposure on our top page!

Niconico

This is the first of a series of Nico Blog posts about commenting on English Niconico. The first topic we'd like to address is "Why comment on videos?"

First off, a little background: One of the most common questions we get about our service is, "What makes Niconico different from all the other video sites?"

Our answer, in a word, is this:

Comments!

Placing comments directly on videos allows users to not only interact with the video itself but also with other users. In the 6 years of Niconico, users have found some very creative ways to comment on videos. And in the 3 months since the release of English Niconico, we've already seen some videos with fantastic comments!

The next question we usually get is, "Well, sometimes I just want to watch the video instead of comment. How do I do that?"

Our Qwatch player makes this easy! press the "dialog" option, button #8 below, to hide comments.

Find out more about our video help player

If the conversation has gone this far, the next thing the user normally asks is, "Is commenting over the video really that fun?"

We think so! Seeing everybody's reaction to a video we can all watch and share experiences together thus giving s a richer experience than "Open the video, watch the video, close the video." 

Here are some examples:

This is from the extremely popular video "Mikumiku ni shiteageru". After we posted this picture on Facebook, some users told the world that they saw our picture ON Facebook! 

Next is an example of a reaction to the video itself:

 

Someone thought to superimpose the supernova via comments! Awesome! 

These are just a few examples of why we think commenting on Niconico can be fun, but the English site is still new and we need YOU to comment while you watch videos! So much of Niconico's culture is user based, so don't hold back, comment anything and everything you think, feel, and hate and love about videos!

Have you found any great comments? Did you write an awesome one yourself?

Let us know at on Facebook!

Happy Nico-ing!

Niconico English