“Only visible for three days”: Mining microblogs to understand reasons for using the Time Limit setting on WeChat Moments

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Highlights:

• We explored the Time Limit setting adoption on Moments through text mining approach.

• We identified eight reasons (e.g., retain mystery) for using the Time Limit setting.

• Changes in life and social networks may lead to evolving self-presentation.

• Changes in life and social networks may increase the burden of impression management.

摘要

•We explored the Time Limit setting adoption on Moments through text mining approach.•We identified eight reasons (e.g., retain mystery) for using the Time Limit setting.•Changes in life and social networks may lead to evolving self-presentation.•Changes in life and social networks may increase the burden of impression management.

论文关键词:Ephemerality,Time limit setting,Latent Dirichlet allocation,WeChat Moments

论文评审过程:Received 10 July 2021, Revised 21 April 2022, Accepted 27 April 2022, Available online 4 May 2022, Version of Record 13 May 2022.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107316