A Cross Community Comparison of Muting in Conversations of Gendered Violence on Reddit

Mixed-methods study of 'muting' — responses that inhibit survivor disclosure — in Reddit conversations about gender-based violence, across 298 posts and 10,369 comments in 7 subreddits. Finds the muting survivors face offline is replicated on Reddit, surfaces five categories of muting shaped by dominant-group communication norms, and concludes existing moderation practices mediate but do not prevent the harm.