Forced Disclosure
A problem, related to context collapse, is the phenomenon of forced disclosure . It
follows the same principle of mandatory disclosure in the field of network security,
where mandatory disclosure of vulnerabilities is considered a possible solution
because it provide incentives for software firms to make the software code more
secure and to quickly fix vulnerabilities that are identified (Choi et al. 2010 ).
Similarly, in social network services, forced disclosure refers to the ongoing process
of clarifying private information through private information (according to Rosen
( 2001 )). This is necessary because a lot of self-representative information on social
network services is not put into context; for this reason, the only way to clarify this is
to augment the amount of disclosed (even private) information on these sites.
According to AA.VVSPION ( 2011 ), when private information is disclosed, the only
way of clarifying this is by giving more private information, in particular in situations
presenting multiple context collisions (e.g., when a person breaks up his relationship
with someone and changes his status from ‘in a relationship’ to ‘single’ only a couple
of people will know exactly what happened. The majority of people will not).
The concept of ‘reciprocal self-disclosure’ (Sprecheret al. 2013 ) can also be
considered a sort of ‘de facto’ forced disclosure. This kind of disclosure is ‘forced’
in the sense that, as it has been proved, participants who disclose reciprocally reports
greater liking, closeness, perceived similarity, and enjoyment of the interaction after
the first interaction than participants who disclose non-reciprocally.