The top comments were full of speculation about why Gu Demiao Ning hadn't been online. Gu Ning scrolled through several of them, which ranged from suspecting she was hibernating and had abandoned the account to wondering if she'd had some kind of accident.
More reasonable guesses suggested she was too busy with her offline work to make videos.
After all, hers was a personal account, unlike those run by film and television companies that had dedicated staff keeping them online 24/7.
To maintain their popularity, retain their audience, and avoid being overshadowed by competitors, these media accounts would also post related topics in their account forums. After passing the forum's entry requirements, viewers could also post threads—be it text, images, or videos. It was a semi-open mini online community, a gathering place for fans.
