Networked Umbrella Movement and Anti-ELAB Movement in Hong Kong: Guide in Incivility, Identity and Thread Popularity Inequality on Hong Kong Golden Forum

This study proposes inequality in thread popularity, identity expression, and incivility as the sign of action coordination, localization, and radicalism respectively. Nuance differences between explicit incivility and dog-whistling incivility were observed. A comparison of Hong Kong’s two protests illustrates that threads users’ attention is biased concentrated. An examination of how users in a well-known online forum shape uncivil reactions and thread popularity then provide insights into how movements are organized, mobilized and perceived through communication.