@inproceedings{a75d1d099b22441ca272dfad4bc4a3fc,
title = "Finsta: Creating {\textquotedblleft}fake{\textquotedblright} spaces for authentic performance",
abstract = "Finsta is a {\textquotedblleft}fake{\textquotedblright} Instagram account that some people maintain in addition to their real Instagram account (rinsta) for a more authentic performance. We draw on Goffman's theatrical metaphor and use a mixed-methods approach to explore how and why people do the work of performing their identity across these distinct presentations of the self. We found that finsta users deliberately partition their audience and mostly maintain a small audience of close friends to avoid context collapse. Additionally, we discovered that finsta is a space where distinct norms shape performance: humor, authenticity, and {\textquotedblleft}unfiltered{\textquotedblright} self-expression. Given that finsta users are mostly teenagers and young adults, we ask how an expectation for authentic performance by peers might itself increase pressure on users.",
keywords = "Context collapse, Finsta, Instagram, Social media, Social performance",
author = "Sofia Dewar and Schinria Islam and Elizabeth Resor and Niloufar Salehi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).; 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2019 ; Conference date: 04-05-2019 Through 09-05-2019",
year = "2019",
month = may,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1145/3290607.3313033",
language = "English",
series = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)",
booktitle = "CHI EA 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems",
address = "United States",
}