History of Hongkongggag - Revision history

Card0: /* Outreach Era (January 2026-Present) */

2026-06-24T02:53:29Z

Outreach Era (January 2026-Present)

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			* [[Fallen]]
			* [[Wowim]]

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	=== Follower Loss & Backrooms Collaboration ===		=== Follower Loss & Backrooms Collaboration ===
	In late May, Instagram began removing bot accounts and inactive followers, leading to Hongkongggag to experience almost daily follower losses for nearly two weeks, bringing the follower count down to 120K for two days. However, at the same time the page also collaborated with Movie Movie to promote the Backrooms movie: Hongkongggag's largest collaboration ever. Aside from a sponsored meme post ranking liminal spaces in Hong Kong, a ticket giveaway went live on June 3rd 2026, with 20 tickets up for grabs. This helped gradually restore the page's followers, bringing it back up to 120K, before the follower count dropped drastically again.		In late May, Instagram began removing bot accounts and inactive followers, leading to Hongkongggag to experience almost daily follower losses for nearly two weeks, bringing the follower count down to 120K for two days. However, at the same time the page also collaborated with Movie Movie to promote the Backrooms movie: Hongkongggag's largest collaboration ever. Aside from a sponsored meme post ranking liminal spaces in Hong Kong, a ticket giveaway went live on June 3rd 2026, with 20 tickets up for grabs. This helped gradually restore the page's followers, bringing it back up to 120K, before the follower count dropped drastically again.

			=== PresidentLee Controversy ===
			[[PresidentLee]], a prominent and active member, had garnered a lot of dislike from other members due to his actions that were seen as annoying or ragebaity, while also saying insensitive messages to try and "trigger" other people. Although he was temporarily banned for a month when he made light of the fallout of Nigel's resignation, he would return not long after his ban expired. While at first most members didn't have any serious concerns, these soon escalated. As a final warning, Lee was told that if he didn't change his behavior, Staff would issue an indefinite ban. With more and more concerns rising from other members, and Lee ignoring this warning, Staff banned him on June 19th 2026 which many active members celebrated.

	==References ==		==References ==

Card0: /* Advisory Groups */

2026-06-17T02:01:58Z

Advisory Groups

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	=== 2024 Community Awards ===		=== 2024 Community Awards ===
	The Fourth [[Hongkongggag Community Awards]] were hosted on December 12th 2024, which marked the first awards ceremony to not be co-hosted or co-planned by [[flutters]]. The event was hosted by Card0 as well as some other Staff members like Astra, Syntax and Zt. Around 30 people received awards, with around 30 people in total attending, though only around 20 people were in the VC at any given time. In addition, several categories were open for public voting, including the Member of Impact Award, which was awarded to [[Nigel]].		The Fourth [[Hongkongggag Community Awards]] were hosted on December 12th 2024, which marked the first awards ceremony to not be co-hosted or co-planned by [[flutters]]. The event was hosted by Card0 as well as some other Staff members like Astra, Syntax and Zt. Around 30 people received awards, with around 30 people in total attending, though only around 20 people were in the VC at any given time. In addition, several categories were open for public voting, including the Member of Impact Award, which was awarded to [[Nigel]].

	~~=== Advisory Groups ===~~
	With Hongkongggag posting more tier lists/bingo cards from time to time, Card0 felt it necesssary to create new advisory groups, that would co-exist alongside the Affiliates and Ambassadors, to advise him on these specific memes, as many followers had complained before that they were inaccurate. These two groups went live in January 2025, with a few becoming Affiliates as well.

	=== Expanding Page Access ===		=== Expanding Page Access ===
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	Behind the numbers, though, was a shift in creative energy, accompanied by a shift in the energy of the Staff team. Memes became sharper, more self-aware, and unapologetically local, with a return to more community participation in helping make memes, something that had been lost during late 2024. With this, the community realised that the vibe of the page was shifting, especially as Hongkongggag became more dominant in the Hong Kong English meme page sphere, regaining more of its influence that had been dormant for a while.		Behind the numbers, though, was a shift in creative energy, accompanied by a shift in the energy of the Staff team. Memes became sharper, more self-aware, and unapologetically local, with a return to more community participation in helping make memes, something that had been lost during late 2024. With this, the community realised that the vibe of the page was shifting, especially as Hongkongggag became more dominant in the Hong Kong English meme page sphere, regaining more of its influence that had been dormant for a while.

	=== Creation of the Advisory Groups ===		=== Creation of the [[Advisory Groups]] ===
	To help with improving tier lists, as well as a new format: bingo card templates, Card0 would create two new advisory groups: the [[Tier List Advisory Group]] and the [[Bingo Card Advisory Group]]. These groups helped improve the quality of bingo cards and tier lists. He would later create the [[Shenzhen Memes Advisory Group]].		To help with improving tier lists, as well as a new format: bingo card templates, Card0 would create two new advisory groups: the [[Tier List Advisory Group]] and the [[Bingo Card Advisory Group]]. These groups helped improve the quality of bingo cards and tier lists. He would later create the [[Shenzhen Memes Advisory Group]].

Card0: /* Diaspora Advisory Groups */

2026-06-14T14:00:15Z

Diaspora Advisory Groups

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	this will probably be the only time you ever hear me say this so listen up but you should appreciate card0 more. as the self proclaimed #1 cardo hater ik its rly fun to hate on him but he's done, obviously, an insane amount for this server. he's created a lgbtq friendly pandem english hk space, and he's put a lot of work into doing it.		this will probably be the only time you ever hear me say this so listen up but you should appreciate card0 more. as the self proclaimed #1 cardo hater ik its rly fun to hate on him but he's done, obviously, an insane amount for this server. he's created a lgbtq friendly pandem english hk space, and he's put a lot of work into doing it.

	its sad that i wont be able to fulfill my plan of taking over the server when cardo dies of stress bcs of us in a few years but honestly, this place is a shithole i ain't want it obviously i won't be leaving so if there's any events fun enough i will join. hit me up if u play val on hk servers or watch vct. thanks to staff and everyone for a very, very good four years. glory to yuutopia.</blockquote>In addition, reforms to the mod nomination process were passed with members now allowed to self-nominate, so long as they had backing from two members. [[Aurelia]] and [[Hill]] would also be promoted around the same time albeit under the old system, while [[Blep]] was promoted a month earlier.		its sad that i wont be able to fulfill my plan of taking over the server when cardo dies of stress bcs of us in a few years but honestly, this place is a shithole i ain't want it obviously i won't be leaving so if there's any events fun enough i will join. hit me up if u play val on hk servers or watch vct. thanks to staff and everyone for a very, very good four years. glory to yuutopia.</blockquote>In addition, reforms to the mod nomination process were passed with members now allowed to self-nominate, so long as they had backing from two members. [[Aurelia]] and [[Hill]] would also be promoted around the same time albeit under the old system, while [[Blep]] was promoted a month earlier. [[Salami]] would also be given page access around the same time, marking the first time since 2020 that 7 people had access to the page.

	Later on in May and June respectively, [[Saltysugarr]] and [[Raymond]] would be promoted to Moderator, with Sugar being one of the fastest members to go from Citizen to Moderator since 2022.		Later on in May and June respectively, [[Saltysugarr]] and [[Raymond]] would be promoted to Moderator, with Sugar being one of the fastest members to go from Citizen to Moderator since 2022.

Card0: /* 2024 August-September Reforms */

2026-06-08T08:29:33Z

2024 August-September Reforms

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	=== Transition in Leadership ===		=== Transition in Leadership ===
	On December 1st, 2024, ~~the server faced a major shift in leadership as [[~~Andi]] and [[flutters]] stepped down~~. Both cited personal and professional reasons: Andi’s demanding full-time job in the UK and flutters’ university commitments and waning connection to the server. Behind the scenes however~~, ~~there had been discussions and debates over the future of the server, with Andi perceiving the server as no longer growing~~, ~~and if Card0 wanted to step back, considered that maybe~~ it ~~was time~~ to ~~roll back on~~ the ~~server~~. ~~flutters meanwhile~~, ~~had several disagreements with the rest of Staff on the direction the server was headed, and had stepped back since mid 2024~~. ~~This was somewhat reflected in both of their resignation statements:~~		On December 1st, 2024, Andi and flutters stepped down, after announcing their resignations a few days earlier, having also announced it to the Staff teams days earlier. On November 29th 2024 at 8:04am HKT, Andi released his statement.

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	Similarly, flutters, a staff member since even before the original Whatsapp chat was created, having become an Admin in early 2019, admitted feeling gradually detached from both the Discord and Instagram sides of the community, marking the close of an era in the server's history.		Similarly, flutters made a similar statement hours later at 3:17pm HKT.
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	hey all,		hey all,
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	* [[fake]]		* [[fake]]
	* [[uych_620]]		* [[uych_620]]
			* [[snowflake__playz]]

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	=== Follower Loss & Backrooms Collaboration ===		=== Follower Loss & Backrooms Collaboration ===
	In late May, Instagram began removing bot accounts and inactive followers, leading to Hongkongggag to experience almost daily follower losses for nearly two weeks, bringing the follower count down to 120K for two days. However, at the same time the page also collaborated with Movie Movie to promote the Backrooms movie: Hongkongggag's largest collaboration ever. Aside from a sponsored meme post ranking liminal spaces in Hong Kong, a ticket giveaway went live on June 3rd 2026, with 20 tickets up for grabs. This helped gradually restore the page's followers, bringing it back up to 120K.		In late May, Instagram began removing bot accounts and inactive followers, leading to Hongkongggag to experience almost daily follower losses for nearly two weeks, bringing the follower count down to 120K for two days. However, at the same time the page also collaborated with Movie Movie to promote the Backrooms movie: Hongkongggag's largest collaboration ever. Aside from a sponsored meme post ranking liminal spaces in Hong Kong, a ticket giveaway went live on June 3rd 2026, with 20 tickets up for grabs. This helped gradually restore the page's followers, bringing it back up to 120K, before the follower count dropped drastically again.

	==References ==		==References ==

Card0: /* Outreach Era (January 2026-Present) */

2026-06-05T06:37:37Z

Outreach Era (January 2026-Present)

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	its sad that i wont be able to fulfill my plan of taking over the server when cardo dies of stress bcs of us in a few years but honestly, this place is a shithole i ain't want it obviously i won't be leaving so if there's any events fun enough i will join. hit me up if u play val on hk servers or watch vct. thanks to staff and everyone for a very, very good four years. glory to yuutopia.</blockquote>In addition, reforms to the mod nomination process were passed with members now allowed to self-nominate, so long as they had backing from two members. [[Aurelia]] and [[Hill]] would also be promoted around the same time albeit under the old system, while [[Blep]] was promoted a month earlier.		its sad that i wont be able to fulfill my plan of taking over the server when cardo dies of stress bcs of us in a few years but honestly, this place is a shithole i ain't want it obviously i won't be leaving so if there's any events fun enough i will join. hit me up if u play val on hk servers or watch vct. thanks to staff and everyone for a very, very good four years. glory to yuutopia.</blockquote>In addition, reforms to the mod nomination process were passed with members now allowed to self-nominate, so long as they had backing from two members. [[Aurelia]] and [[Hill]] would also be promoted around the same time albeit under the old system, while [[Blep]] was promoted a month earlier.

			Later on in May and June respectively, [[Saltysugarr]] and [[Raymond]] would be promoted to Moderator, with Sugar being one of the fastest members to go from Citizen to Moderator since 2022.

	=== Reform of Meetup Rules ===		=== Reform of Meetup Rules ===

Card0: /* Resurgence Era (June 2019-March 2021) */

2026-06-05T06:33:49Z

Resurgence Era (June 2019-March 2021)

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	Admins: Lemontea, Salmon, Tolmo, Bossuuu, Jasper, Astra, Salami, Joyce, Boba		Admins: Lemontea, Salmon, Tolmo, Bossuuu, Jasper, Astra, Salami, Joyce, Boba

	Moderators: Lieutenant.Quattro, zt, Polaris, Sumii, Ame, Saera, Boba, ~~Livie~~, Chris, Ame, Sleepy, Tuck, Syntax, Expired Potato, Asianbarb, Blep, Hill, Aurelia		Moderators: Lieutenant.Quattro, zt, Polaris, Sumii, Ame, Saera, Boba, Salami, Chris, Ame, Sleepy, Tuck, Syntax, Expired Potato, Asianbarb, Blep, Hill, Aurelia, Sugar, Raymond

	Promotions: Blep (March 2026), Hill, Aurelia (April 2026)		Promotions: Blep (March 2026), Hill, Aurelia (April 2026), Sugar (May 2026), Raymond (June 2026)

	Resignations: Livie, Greentea (March 2026), Nigel (April 2026)		Resignations: Livie, Greentea (March 2026), Nigel (April 2026)
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	=== Diaspora Advisory Groups ===		=== Diaspora Advisory Groups ===
	In May Card0 created new diaspora advisory groups for the Canadian, British and American Hong Kong diasporas respectively, while the pre-existing Sydneyggag chat was rennamed into the Australian diaspora advisory group.		In May, Card0 created new diaspora advisory groups for the Canadian, British and American Hong Kong diasporas respectively, while the pre-existing Sydneyggag chat was rennamed into the Australian diaspora advisory group. The British group in particular, was a de-facto successor of the resurgence-era Bureau of British Affairs.

			=== Follower Loss & Backrooms Collaboration ===
			In late May, Instagram began removing bot accounts and inactive followers, leading to Hongkongggag to experience almost daily follower losses for nearly two weeks, bringing the follower count down to 120K for two days. However, at the same time the page also collaborated with Movie Movie to promote the Backrooms movie: Hongkongggag's largest collaboration ever. Aside from a sponsored meme post ranking liminal spaces in Hong Kong, a ticket giveaway went live on June 3rd 2026, with 20 tickets up for grabs. This helped gradually restore the page's followers, bringing it back up to 120K.

	==References ==		==References ==

Card0: /* Outreach Era (January 2026-Present) */

2026-05-29T10:41:24Z

Outreach Era (January 2026-Present)

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	* [[Pengyou]]		* [[Pengyou]]
			* [[Isabelle]]
			* [[fake]]
			* [[uych_620]]

	=== Scheduled Events Policy ===		=== Scheduled Events Policy ===

Card0: /* Diaspora Advisory Groups */

2026-05-24T00:55:53Z

Diaspora Advisory Groups

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	=== Channel Reorganisation ===		=== Channel Reorganisation ===
	Throughout February and March, some channels were moved around or deleted to avoid clutter, with the school-specific channels being moved to their own category, while the interests channel was split, with the latter being done after a discussion on how to increase the usage of lesser used interest channels. Moreover, the driving-motoring and general-hobbies channels would be retired, with the latter replaced with a forum. This inadvertedly had the effect of improving member retention as with less clutter, more members were keen to stay and chat.		Throughout February and March, some channels were moved around or deleted to avoid clutter, with the school-specific channels being moved to their own category, while the interests channel was split, with the latter being done after a discussion on how to increase the usage of lesser used interest channels. Moreover, the driving-motoring and general-hobbies channels would be retired, with the latter replaced with a forum for specific hobbies that were too niche to deserve their own channel. This inadvertedly had the effect of improving member retention as with less clutter, more members were keen to stay and chat.

	=== Shadowban Crisis, New Moderators ===		=== Shadowban Crisis, New Moderators ===
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	=== Reform of Meetup Rules ===		=== Reform of Meetup Rules ===
	While the server had a history of new members looking to meetup in real life, this was restricted due to previous incidents. However after some discussions within Staff suggested by [[Boba]], reforms were put out for the community to vote on April 7th 2026 to relax the rules for 18+ members. The poll passed, and a hangout thread was created in the university-graduated channel.		While the server had a history of new members looking to meetup in real life, this was restricted due to previous incidents. However after some discussions within Staff suggested by [[Boba]], reforms were put out for the community to vote on April 7th 2026 to relax the rules for 18+ members. The poll passed, and a hangout thread was created in the university-graduated channel to help organize hangouts.

	=== Resignation of [[Nigel]] ===		=== Resignation of [[Nigel]] ===

Card0: /* Resignation of Nigel */

2026-05-22T01:10:02Z

Resignation of Nigel

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	=== The Seventh Rank ===		=== The Seventh Rank ===
	For the first time since early 2021, 852R would see the introduction of a new rank to the six rank system: Luminary, which was created after a poll on April 21st-22nd 2026. This new rank, colored poppy blue, would be ranked above Prestige, be appointed ad-hoc, while Vice would made into a rank that members could achieve via the YUU rewards system.		For the first time since early 2021, 852R would see the introduction of a new rank to the six rank system: Luminary, which was created after a poll on April 21st-22nd 2026. This new rank, colored poppy blue, would be ranked above Prestige, be appointed ad-hoc, while Vice would made into a rank that members could achieve via the YUU rewards system.

			=== Diaspora Advisory Groups ===
			In May Card0 created new diaspora advisory groups for the Canadian, British and American Hong Kong diasporas respectively, while the pre-existing Sydneyggag chat was rennamed into the Australian diaspora advisory group.

	==References ==		==References ==

Card0: /* October-November Staff Crisis */

2026-05-11T09:16:38Z

October-November Staff Crisis

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	=== [[October-November Staff Crisis]] ===		=== [[October-November Staff Crisis]] ===
	For years, there had been disagreements between Card0, [[flutters]] and [[Andi]] on the direction of the server, with flutteres and Andi often criticising Card0 on many of his decisions, sometimes joined by other Staff. On many occassions, Card0 would back down or come to a compromise, with things usually being resolved relatively quickly. Despite their disagreements, when Card0 announced his stepback, he would designate flutters as his de-facto successor, with the plan for them to lead day to day operations of the server.		For years, there had been disagreements between Card0, [[flutters]] and [[Andi]] on the direction of the server, with flutteres and Andi often criticising Card0 on many of his decisions, sometimes joined by other Staff. On many occassions, Card0 would back down or come to a compromise, with things usually being resolved relatively quickly. It should be noted that the latter two staff were some of the most influential Staff, even more than the other Admins, so they held more sway over the direction of the server. Despite their disagreements, when Card0 announced his stepback, he would designate flutters as his de-facto successor, with the plan for them to lead day to day operations of the server.

	However, this would change in October as within Staff, a concern had been raised by [[Boba]] on the status of underage moderators in the university-graduated channel. While that channel was not a 18+ NSFW channel, the nature of having minors in a channel designated for adults made Boba uncomfortable, who pitched it to Card0 IRL who sent it in Staff. This then caused a heated debate between flutters and Andi, with both members clashing over the status of minors, with [[Thoth]] agreeing with the proposed change, while [[Saera]] disagreed. As Boba initially raised the concern due to Saera texting in the channel for uni advice, flutters would threaten ~~all u18 staff members~~ with demotion if ~~they~~ continued to use the channel, which led to Andi clamping back hard, forcing other Staff like [[Zt]] to step in and calm the situation. At the time, Card0 was outside so he didn't see the message sent by flutters, and simply urged a message of calm before going back to ~~IRL activities~~. In the end, no poll was made in regards to the proposed change.		However, this would change in October as within Staff, a concern had been raised by [[Boba]] on the status of underage moderators in the university-graduated channel. While that channel was not a 18+ NSFW channel, the nature of having minors in a channel designated for adults made Boba uncomfortable, who pitched it to Card0 IRL who sent it in Staff. This then caused a heated debate between flutters and Andi, with both members clashing over the status of minors, with [[Thoth]] agreeing with the proposed change, while [[Saera]] disagreed. As Boba initially raised the concern due to Saera texting in the channel for uni advice, flutters would threaten Saera with demotion if she continued to use the channel, which led to Andi clamping back hard, forcing other Staff like [[Zt]] to step in and calm the situation. At the time, Card0 was outside so he didn't see the message sent by flutters, and simply urged a message of calm before going back to what he was doing in real life. In the end, no poll was made in regards to the proposed change.

	After the incident, Andi, with Card0 still upholding flutters as his designated successor (not helped by the fact that Card0 had not made it too clear on the exact arrangements of his step back), began to become more dissatisfied with his leadership. Saera would also come to agree, having aligned more with Andi over the course of her term as mod.		After the incident, Andi, with Card0 still upholding flutters as his designated successor (not helped by the fact that Card0 had not made it too clear on the exact arrangements of his step back), began to become more dissatisfied with his leadership. Saera would also come to agree, having aligned more with Andi over the course of her term as mod.

	While the situation in Staff may have remained cool in other times, October-November also marked a shift for the page and server with multiple warnings as well as a shift in the server's activity, though for the latter this had been a trend for a few months. On November 16th, following another argument between flutters and Andi, Andi and Saera began to ~~believe~~ that the server simply wasn't growing, and that massive reform was needed, which included better disciplinary communications, clearer moderation guidelines, as well as less bias overall. There were also discussions about thinking about how big the server needed to be, with Andi and Saera thinking that the server had grown too big with some Staff feeling alienated from some members in the community. Another reform, later included, involved stricter citizen entry requirements. With Andi and Saera seeing that only older members remained the most active, three proposals were later made:		While the situation in Staff may have remained cool in other times, October-November also marked a shift for the page and server with multiple warnings as well as a shift in the server's activity, though for the latter this had been a trend for a few months. On November 16th, following another argument between flutters and Andi, Andi and Saera began to believ e that the server simply wasn't growing, and that massive reform was needed, which included better disciplinary communications, clearer moderation guidelines, as well as less bias overall. There were also discussions about thinking about how big the server needed to be, with Andi and Saera thinking that the server had grown too big with some Staff feeling alienated from some members in the community. Another reform, later included, involved stricter citizen entry requirements. With Andi and Saera seeing that only older members remained the most active, three proposals were later made:

	# Reform the server and make it appeal to a wider range of people.		# Reform the server and make it appeal to a wider range of people.