SnuggleSense: Empowering Online Harm Survivors Through a Structured Sensemaking Process

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Autori principali: Xiao, Sijia, Zou, Haodi, Mathews, Amy, Rui, Jingshu, Cheshire, Coye, Salehi, Niloufar
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Xiao, Sijia
Zou, Haodi
Mathews, Amy
Rui, Jingshu
Cheshire, Coye
Salehi, Niloufar
author_facet Xiao, Sijia
Zou, Haodi
Mathews, Amy
Rui, Jingshu
Cheshire, Coye
Salehi, Niloufar
contents Online interpersonal harm, such as cyberbullying and sexual harassment, remains a pervasive issue on social media platforms. Traditional approaches, primarily content moderation, often overlook survivors' needs and agency. We introduce SnuggleSense, a system that empowers survivors through structured sensemaking. Inspired by restorative justice practices, SnuggleSense guides survivors through reflective questions, offers personalized recommendations from similar survivors, and visualizes plans using interactive sticky notes. A controlled experiment demonstrates that SnuggleSense significantly enhances sensemaking compared to an unstructured process of making sense of the harm. We argue that SnuggleSense fosters community awareness, cultivates a supportive survivor network, and promotes a restorative justice-oriented approach toward restoration and healing. We also discuss design insights, such as tailoring informational support and providing guidance while preserving survivors' agency.
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spellingShingle SnuggleSense: Empowering Online Harm Survivors Through a Structured Sensemaking Process
Xiao, Sijia
Zou, Haodi
Mathews, Amy
Rui, Jingshu
Cheshire, Coye
Salehi, Niloufar
Human-Computer Interaction
Online interpersonal harm, such as cyberbullying and sexual harassment, remains a pervasive issue on social media platforms. Traditional approaches, primarily content moderation, often overlook survivors' needs and agency. We introduce SnuggleSense, a system that empowers survivors through structured sensemaking. Inspired by restorative justice practices, SnuggleSense guides survivors through reflective questions, offers personalized recommendations from similar survivors, and visualizes plans using interactive sticky notes. A controlled experiment demonstrates that SnuggleSense significantly enhances sensemaking compared to an unstructured process of making sense of the harm. We argue that SnuggleSense fosters community awareness, cultivates a supportive survivor network, and promotes a restorative justice-oriented approach toward restoration and healing. We also discuss design insights, such as tailoring informational support and providing guidance while preserving survivors' agency.
title SnuggleSense: Empowering Online Harm Survivors Through a Structured Sensemaking Process
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19158