User blog:A-chana/NND Comments Testing: Evidence that Mothy may not be commenting on his videos

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Cross-posting from FB. I did most of this with English as the active language but had Japanese active at other point. Language switching with the comments was done with English as the main site language, because the icon for switching comment languages didn't appear on the Japanese version for some reason.

This is the video I uploaded: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20328725

Do you see the overlap in the comments in the first ten seconds? That would be Uploader's Comments (投稿者コメント), which can only be made by the uploader of the video. Once it's posted, a new category in the comments section appears (normally you have "Comments" and "Local Comments", but now you have "Uploader's Comments". It persists even if you delete your Uploader's Comments, which is what appears to be the case in the next video.

At twenty seconds, I made only Uploader's Comments. Notably, 1) it appears in all language settings; 2) most are scrolling by and/or uncolored.

This is a video made by another person: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14947454

There is an empty Uploader's Comment section; 糺音 mentions that the comments will be occasionally deleted, which probably means his/her comments were also removed.

At about fifteen seconds, I made two comments, both small, orange, and at the bottom. One is in English setting, the other in Japanese. Note that if you view one language, you cannot see the other.

The final observation: Mothy's videos, as shown here: http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/5298418

I checked four videos that said to have Mothy's comments: Blood-Stained Switch, Escape of the Witch Salmhofer, Capriccio Farce, and The Last Revolver. None of them have an Uploader's Comment section.

And it was about this time that NND just stopped loading videos for me, while I was in the middle of testing things. I got to see Capriccio Farce, though, and some subtitle-like comments do not appear in non-Japanese language settings. Since at home I don't have a reliable Internet Connection, I can't check more videos at this time.

In conclusion, unless the commenters have proved it in some way, many comments thought to be from Mothy aren't necessarily from him. If the comment cannot be proven to be his, and if they don't cite a reliable source like a book, then their information cannot be assumed as fact, even if it's worded like one.=====