This article attempts to explore the development of Macau's alternative internet communication and its articulation of critical publicity against 'official public spheres'. In recent years, there has been a growing body of research on the net's public sphere function, yet most studies in the field fail to take into account non-dialogic, aesthetic forms of political engagement such as internet jokes, spoofs and parodies that constitute a resistant identity politics from below. The paper investigates various ways in which reformminded netizens and dissident groups come to appropriate the internet for producing alternative news, performing spectacular cultural resistance and shaping civic solidarity. It argues that although Macau's online public sphere does not possess institutional decision-making power, it has been crucial for expanding the arena of public communication and shaping the struggle for recognition.