Table 2.

Dark side experiences for each building block in the functionality framework [frequencies in brackets; inspired by the work of Baccarella et al. (2018)]

Dark side experiences for each building block
Sharing (4)Stealing ideas from competitors
Relationships (20)Threats - insults - dubious requests
Conversations (20)Aggressive, critical, or negative comments - trolling - fake posts - criticism of work
Identity (19)Stress - depression and envy - addiction potential - hacked profiles - decrease in self-awareness - competitive thinking - a lack of personal contact - availability
Presence (25)High number of data protection regulations - privacy concerns - platforms difficult to run - posted information retained - user disappearance - a lack of transparancy - frequent changes to privacy policy - change in platform functions
Groups (0)None
Reputation (0)None

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