Social media companies make important decisions about what counts as “problematic”
content and how they will remove it. Some choose to moderate hashtags, blocking the …

Social media sites have struggled with the presence of emotional and physical self-injury
content. Individuals who share such content are often challenged with severe mental …

Pro-eating disorder (pro-ED) communities on social media encourage the adoption and
maintenance of disordered eating habits as acceptable alternative lifestyles rather than …

Introduction: This paper elaborates the picture of information sharing and knowledge
sharing as forms of communicative activity. Method: A conceptual analysis was made to find …

Within the CSCW community, little has been done to systematically analyze online eating
disorder (ED) user generated content. In this paper, we present the results of a cross …

For individuals with mental illness, social media platforms are considered spaces for sharing
and connection. However, not all expressions of mental illness are treated equally on these …

Online communities can promote illness recovery and improve well-being in the cases of
many kinds of illnesses. However, for challenging mental health condition like anorexia …

Self-harm is the infliction of pain or injury onto oneself. Though historically these behaviors
were relegated to the fringes of communities, information technology now enables new ways …

The aim of this research was to document the content on pro-ana blogs and to uncover how
the unique socio-technical features of blogs (interactivity, self-disclosure, masspersonal …

Abstract Individuals with an Eating Disorder (ED) are typically reluctant to seek help via
traditional means (eg, psychologists). However, recent evidence suggests that many …