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LIHKG

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LIHKG
Type of site
Available inCantonese
Area servedHong Kong
URLlihkg.com Edit this at Wikidata
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional[notes 1]
Current statusActive
LIHKG
Traditional Chinese連れん登とう
Simplified Chinese连登
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLián dēng
Wu
Shanghainese
Romanization		6li-ten
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLìhn dāng
JyutpingLin4 dang1

LIHKG (Chinese: 連れん登とう; Cantonese Yale: Lìhn dāng) is a multi-category forum website based in Hong Kong. The website has gained popularity since the launch in 2016, and is often referred to as the Hong Kong version of Reddit.[1][2][3]

Threads with more up-votes and replies appear towards the top of topic sections and, if they receive sufficient votes and replies, they will ultimately be on the site's "Popular" section.[4]

LIHKG pig mascot featured at an exhibition in Japan

The website is well known for being one of the main platforms for discussing the strategies for the leaderless anti-extradition bill protests in 2019.[5][6]

Background

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In 2016, HKG+, a 3rd party app of HKGolden was suspended by HKGolden.[7] On 21 November 2016, the developer of HKG+ announced on their Facebook page that they have shared part of the source code of the app with another developers, Hui Yip-hang (許もと業ぎょう珩), who is known as "連れん尼あま住じゅう" (Jyutping: lin4 nei4 zyu6) on the forum, and Mong Yuen (望遠ぼうえん).[8][9] Based on the source code, they developed LIHKG.

Registration

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Registration of membership is restricted to people with a Hong Kong ISP or an institution of higher education email address located in Hong Kong. Registered members may create threads on the site, while uploading contents such as text posts, hyperlinks or images. The posts then receive replies and may be voted up or down by other members. Posts are separated into various categories and are then grouped in the "Chat" category.[10][11]

Attacks

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In December 2019, the LIHKG website was subjected to a DDoS attack by the Great Cannon of China.[12]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ LIHKG can be viewed without an account but registration with an e-mail address registered with an ISP or a higher education institution in Hong Kong is required to submit, comment or vote.

References

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  1. ^ Otsuka, Hana (20 June 2019). "Hong Kong university teaching assistant gets suspended after threatening to fail student protestors". The Independent Singapore. Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  2. ^ "Despite Political Party Ban, Hong Kong Independence Groups Persist". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong protests: How the city's Reddit-like forum LIHKG has become the leading platform for organising demonstrations". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  4. ^ "【反はん方丈ほうじょう霸權】高こう登とう仔こ棄高登とう！另起爐ろ灶LIHKG 登とう下か載の榜首". Apple Daily 蘋果日報にっぽう. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  5. ^ Su, Alice (14 June 2019). "A new kind of Hong Kong activism emerges as protesters mobilize without any leaders". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  6. ^ "'Hong Kong Reddit': how social media shaped extradition protests". South China Morning Post. 29 June 2019. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  7. ^ 賴よりゆき浩然こうぜん (2016-10-26). "高だか登とう第だい三さん方ぽうApp《HKG+》不ふ被ひ受權下か月がつ終止しゅうし服務ふくむ 網もう民みん鬧爆林りん祖そ舜しゅん". 香港ほんこん01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  8. ^ "HKG+". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  9. ^ "HKG+ 官かん方かた澄きよし清しん HKG+ 討論とうろん區く為ため假かり網もう非ひ官かん方かた出品しゅっぴん - TechNow 當代とうだい科技かぎ". technow.com.hk (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  10. ^ "高だか登とう仔こ另起爐ろ灶 傳でん「方丈ほうじょう」被ひ炒い 林はやし祖そ舜しゅん：我わが屹立きつりつ不倒ふとう！". Apple Daily 蘋果日報にっぽう. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  11. ^ "What is LIHKG and how did it become go-to forum for Hong Kong's protesters?". South China Morning Post. 3 August 2019. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  12. ^ Doman, Chris (2019-12-04). "The "Great Cannon" has been deployed again". AT&T Cybersecurty blog. Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
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