Erika Melder

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The Pit Beneath the Town Square: How Digital Solastalgia Affects Platform Migration and Community Structures of Transfeminine Users

Transgender women and transfeminine nonbinary people (transfems) rely on social media for community and critical resources that are rare offline. However, transfems face perpetual risks of those communities suddenly turning hostile or transphobic, forcing withdrawal and losing those resources. To investigate, we condu…

CHI '264th AuthorLGBTQ+ Community Technology Design +2

``How would I know what I would want from or with them?'': Supporting A-Spec Approaches to Developing Relationships Through Online Platforms

Online platforms have become a key avenue for forming new relationships, especially for queer individuals. However, some individuals, such as those in asexual and aromantic communities (A-Spec), seek forms of relationships that trouble existing frameworks assumed by online platforms, such as dating apps. To investigat…

CSCW '251st AuthorCommunicating properly, interpreting signs

“A Blocklist is a Boundary”: Tensions between Community Protection and Mutual Aid on Federated Social Networks

The Fediverse (the network encompassing Mastodon, Pleroma, Lemmy, etc.) provides a decentralized alternative to traditional social media platforms, making it both an important refuge for marginalized users and a platform which is well-suited for conducting mutual aid. One emergent type of moderation action for maintai…

CSCW '243rd AuthorSession 3a: Self-Presentation and Relationships in Digital Spaces

Safety and Community Context: Exploring a Transfeminist Approach to Sapphic Relationship Platforms

Relationship platforms (e.g., dating apps) are crucial tools for sapphics (trans women, cis women, and nonbinary people who are attracted to other sapphics). However, current platforms are not designed in a way that accounts for sapphic lived experience, especially the lived experience of sapphics who hold multiple ma…

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