TY - GEN
T1 - The many facets of me
T2 - 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021
AU - Wohn, Donghee Yvette
AU - Yuan, Chien Wen
AU - Siri, John Scott
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In this study, we examined why people have multiple accounts on Reddit and how they are used. Based on interviews with U.S. Reddit users (n = 21), we found that having multiple accounts was not always for anonymity purposes. While certain accounts were disposable to engage in stigmatized or deviant activities, other reasons for having multiple accounts included utilitarian purposes, such as storing content, organizing information, or gaming the system for attention. Users also maintained multiple accounts as a form of online impression management to keep distance between different online communities, avoid harassment, and experiment with different identities. Moreover, they helped with boundary regulation, such as disassociating online from offline identity and identity synchronization - linking identities across different social media platforms.
AB - In this study, we examined why people have multiple accounts on Reddit and how they are used. Based on interviews with U.S. Reddit users (n = 21), we found that having multiple accounts was not always for anonymity purposes. While certain accounts were disposable to engage in stigmatized or deviant activities, other reasons for having multiple accounts included utilitarian purposes, such as storing content, organizing information, or gaming the system for attention. Users also maintained multiple accounts as a form of online impression management to keep distance between different online communities, avoid harassment, and experiment with different identities. Moreover, they helped with boundary regulation, such as disassociating online from offline identity and identity synchronization - linking identities across different social media platforms.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85108331280
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 3057
EP - 3066
BT - Proceedings of the 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021
A2 - Bui, Tung X.
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 4 January 2021 through 8 January 2021
ER -