Hopick — Hong Kong talks here.
Share stories, follow the topics you care about, and join discussions — in Cantonese, securely and anonymously. A feed built for the city, not for your attention.
Connect. Shares. Hong Kong.
Our Mission - A place where Hong Kong speaks in its own voice.
Hopick helps people across Hong Kong share experiences, exchange ideas, and discover what matters to the city — in Cantonese, without algorithms competing for attention, and with privacy built in from the start.
Experience Hopick today.
Hopick is topic-driven and made for real conversation in Hong Kong. Explore topics, read and share experiences, react in a way that helps good answers rise — and stay on top of what the city is talking about.
See what Hong Kong is talking about.
See what is trending across Hong Kong this week and jump into the conversations people are actually having.
Follow conversations that matter.
Browse topics by district, hobby, or everyday life and follow the ones you care about. It is your feed — not whatever is loudest.
Real conversations, your feed
Share personal experiences and read others’ stories — sorted into Discover, Latest, and Announcements so good conversations are easy to find.
Signal what matters.
Like, upvote, or downvote a post, and mark the best comments with a vote. Signal what matters without writing a long reply.
Our Roadmap - How Hopick has grown, and where it's headed.
We're open about how this app has developed, the bumps along the way, and what we're working on next. Simpler on the surface, but there's been a lot of thinking behind making it feel fast, reliable, and like home.
- v2.3
Better Conversations
What shippedA full makeover for commenting. You can write rich, formatted comments — bold, italic, lists, links — and replies thread together properly. Opening a comment takes you into a clean, focused screen instead of a cramped box.
Why we changed itCommenting is the heart of Hopick, but it felt heavy. Editing was basic, and reading a long thread was a chore.
How we fixed itWe rebuilt the comment experience from the ground up — a proper editor, a comfortable reading view, and a smooth reply flow.
- v2.4.1
From Clubs to Topics
What shippedThe biggest change to how Hopick is organised. We replaced the old Club system with Topics — a lightweight way to tag any post and follow the subjects you care about. New topics tab, tag badges on posts, and the ability to filter your home feed by interest.
Why we changed itClubs sounded nice but they were heavy. Joining, moderating, and maintaining a club was more than most people needed just to talk about a subject.
How we fixed itWe kept the spirit — organised conversations — and dropped the overhead. A topic is just a tag now. Anyone can use it, anyone can follow it, and the app got simpler overnight.
- v2.4.3
Notifications You Can Trust
What shippedA serious reliability pass on notifications. Comments, replies, and activity that had been getting lost finally arrive properly. The unread badge stopped drifting out of sync.
Why we changed itPeople were missing interactions. A push would arrive, but the in-app list wouldn't show it — or the badge said three when there was really one. Trust in the system quietly eroded.
How we fixed itWe rebuilt the delivery path so the in-app list always matches what actually happened, and the badge re-syncs with the server. Reliability was the point of this release.
- v2.4.4
Notifications Rebuilt, and a New Look
What shippedTwo big things happened. Likes and upvotes now arrive grouped into summaries instead of one alert after another, milestone alerts tell you when a post starts taking off, and a daily digest rounds up what you might have missed. The app now uses a translucent liquid-glass design, the create button lives in the tab bar, and opening a post from your feed zooms in smoothly.
Why we changed itNotification fatigue — too many single alerts, too little signal. Duplicate alerts pinging the same activity twice, slow starts on launch, and code clutter left over from Clubs.
How we fixed itWe grouped alerts and added digests, stopped duplicates, made the feed appear instantly, and cleaned out the leftover Club code entirely.
Where we're headed
Recommendations should feel like they were made for you, and we're investing there.
Creating something great should be effortless.
Profiles should better reflect the people behind them.
Performance remains a feature — not an afterthought.
This is the first place where I can talk about the city in my own language, without a feed deciding what I should care about. It feels like it was built for us, because it genuinely was.
Anson Wong, Early User
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