People with mental illness may disclose information on social media to build social capital.• Mental health disclosures included themes of emotions, interpersonal loss, and change.• Disclosure frequency increased with community responses in interaction with diagnosis.• Community responses varied as a function of mental health diagnosis disclosed.
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