Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2023 2023
DOI: 10.1145/3543507.3583350
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Mental Health Coping Stories on Social Media: A Causal-Inference Study of Papageno Effect

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“…Social media platforms such as X (previously known as Twitter), Reddit, and YouTube have created spaces where individuals can engage with each other and share various parts of their private lives, including their personal experiences and life events [ 11 - 13 ]. This is especially true among individuals who misuse substances, as networking with others with lived experiences has been shown to decrease self-stigma and encourage safer substance use behaviors and recovery efforts [ 14 ].…”
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“…Social media platforms such as X (previously known as Twitter), Reddit, and YouTube have created spaces where individuals can engage with each other and share various parts of their private lives, including their personal experiences and life events [ 11 - 13 ]. This is especially true among individuals who misuse substances, as networking with others with lived experiences has been shown to decrease self-stigma and encourage safer substance use behaviors and recovery efforts [ 14 ].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In a quest to remove harmful content, censoring words associated with mental health can also limit helpful content. For instance, consistent with the Papageno Effect, engaging with posts depicting positive coping strategies for depression on Twitter can provide psychosocial benefits (Yuan, Saha, Keller, Isometsä, & Aledavood, 2023). Yet these benefits remain unrealized so long as posts about depression are censored.…”
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“…Current social media censorship policies are concerning because they silence important conversations about mental health and fail to eliminate exposure to harmful content. Rather than banning words linked to mental health, social media platforms should emphasize mental health discussions in alignment with research showing that having honest conversations about mental health on social media can benefit rather than harm users (Yuan et al., 2023). Platforms could also consider a community moderation approach, which has already proven useful on platforms such as Reddit and Twitch to reduce online toxicity (Cullen & Kairam, 2022).…”
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