Separate Online Networks During Life Transitions

Some life transitions can be difficult to discuss on social media, especially with networks of known ties, due challenges such as stigmatization. Separate online provide alternative spaces transitions. To understand why and how people turn separate networks, we interviewed 28 participants who had recently experienced While prior research tends focus one transition in isolation, this work examines media sharing behaviors across a wide variety We describe often during faced yet encounter new difficulty locating these networks. support from waiting contributors virtual friends. Finally, insight into better designed through enhancing search functionality, promoting contribution, providing context-sensitive templates for spaces.