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Liu, Jackie

University of British Columbia

Social media clones are AI-powered social delegates of ourselves created using our personal data. As our identities and online personas intertwine, mismanaging these clones may damage one’s social reputation and online relationships. To set the foundation for a productive and responsible integration, we set out to understand how these clones will impact our online behavior and interactions within social media. We conducted a series of semi-structured interviews introducing eight speculative clone concepts to 32 social media users. We found that although clones can offer convenience and comfort, they can also threaten the user’s authenticity and increase skepticism within the online community. As a result users expressed that they would behave more like their clones to mitigate discrepancies and interaction breakdowns. These findings are discussed to highlight challenges in the adoption of social media clones by the general public, and propose design considerations for their successful integration into social media platforms.

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2025-01-09

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/90083

Computer Science

University of British Columbia

UBCV

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/