The community, formed by ordinary citizens as well as computer geeks, would be interested in all manner of local topics.
HKGolden has become an influential media from which topics and exclusive news are frequently being reported on magazine and newspaper.
Many people believe that reporters, police and even government may be active in the forum to investigate popular culture and public opinion.
In July 2003, the database was severely corrupted following a hacking incident, and the website had to be closed for maintenance until 25 August of that year, when the forum was once again re-opened.
[citation needed] Since the incident, a number of changes were instigated: The forum still repeatedly suffers from hacking; the last provoked stoppage occurred on 8 September 2006.
[citation needed] On 2009, the forum leaked a six-minute detailed video involving teenage prostitution on a double-decker bus for HK$200 to raise money for designer handbag.